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hang up

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hang something up
to return the telephone receiver to its cradle. (See also hang it up.) Please hang this up when I pick up the other phone. Please hang up the phone.
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hang up .

1. [for a machine or a computer] to grind to a halt; to stop because of some internal complication. Our computer hung up right in the middle of printing the report. I was afraid that my computer would hang up permanently.
2. to replace the telephone receiver after a call; to terminate a telephone call. I said good-bye and hung up. Please hang up and place your call again.
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hang up (on someone or something)

1. and hang up (in someone's ear) to end a telephone call by returning the receiver to the cradle while the other party is still talking. She hung up on me! I had to hang up on all that rude talk.
2. to give up on someone or something; to quit dealing with someone or something. Finally, I had to hang up on Jeff. I can't depend on him for anything. We hung up on them because we knew we couldn't make a deal.
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hang up
to end a telephone connection I can't think of his name, but it'll come to me as soon as we hang up.
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She was so excited then she could scarcely control her shaking fingers enough to hang up the rest.
Hang up at once and produce our wax," said the bees below.
I want to move Anna downstairs, but we must hang up blinds.
 
 
 
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