hang up

verb

1. put a telephone receiver back in its cradle (Freq. 8)

• Hypernyms: ↑replace, ↑put back

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

2. cause to be hanging or suspended (Freq. 3)

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Hang that picture on the wall

• Syn: ↑hang

• Derivationally related forms: ↑hanger (for: ↑hang), ↑hanging (for: ↑hang)

• Hypernyms: ↑fasten, ↑fix, ↑secure

• Hyponyms: ↑suspend, ↑sling

• Verb Group: ↑hang

• Cause: ↑hang

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

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They hang up the lights from the ceiling

3. interrupt a telephone conversation (Freq. 1)

• Hypernyms: ↑cut short, ↑break short, ↑break off

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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1) hang from a hook, hanger, etc

his good shirt's ironed and hanging up

2) end a telephone conversation by cutting the connection

■ hang up on end a telephone conversation with (someone) by abruptly cutting the connection

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hang up [phrasal verb]

1 hang up or hang up (something) or hang (something) up : to end a telephone connection by putting the handset on its base or by turning the telephone off

“Is he still on the phone?” “No, he hung up.”

Let me talk to her before you hang up the phone.

— often + on

I can't believe he hung up on me! [=that he suddenly hung up while I was talking to him on the phone]

2 hang (something) up or hang up (something) : to put (something) on a hook or hanger

Hang up your coat, please.

— see also ↑hang 1a (above), 1

3 hang up (something) informal : to stop doing (something) : to finish using (something) for the last time

— used figuratively

She decided to hang up her running shoes [=she decided to quit running] and to start riding her bike instead.

4 hang it up US, informal : to stop doing something

After all this time, you're just going to hang it up? [=quit]

— see also ↑hung up

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Main Entry: ↑hang

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ˌhang ˈup derived

to end a telephone conversation by putting the telephone ↑receiver down or switching the telephone off

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After I hung up I remembered what I'd wanted to say.

Main entry: ↑hang_derived