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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hang-upnoun

    an emotional preoccupation

  2. hang-up, hitch, rub, snagverb

    an unforeseen obstacle

  3. hang upverb

    put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

  4. hang, hang upverb

    cause to be hanging or suspended

    "Hang that picture on the wall"

  5. hang upverb

    interrupt a telephone conversation

Wiktionary

  1. hang upverb

    To put up to hang

  2. hang upverb

    To terminate a telephone call

Wikipedia

  1. hang up

    The Impossible Dream is the debut studio album from The X Factor UK series 2 runner-up Andy Abraham. It was released on 20 March 2006 and entered the UK Albums Chart on 26 March 2006 at number one, selling 176,689 copies in its first week.

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  1. hang up

    "Hang up" is a phrasal verb that has two main meanings; it can either refer to ending or disconnecting a phone call, or physically placing an item, often clothing or an artwork, on a hook or in a high position. Its use can vary depending on the situation or context.

Wikidata

  1. Hang Up

    "Hang Up" is the debut single from Andy Abraham. It was released in the UK on 27 March 2006. It is a new original track from his debut album, The Impossible Dream. It failed to make a major impact in the charts after charting at a disappointing #63 in the UK. In Ireland however it charted at #14.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hang up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hang up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hang up in a Sentence

  1. Nigel Benn:

    With a heavy heart I am sad to say I had to make the hard decision today to hang up my boxing gloves, i'd like to thank you all for supporting me throughout my career but the time is up for me. I thank you all for giving me an unbelievable career. God bless you all.

  2. Cindy Sue Hunter:

    And she said yes, it was Kylen’s body, and I said Cindy Sue, get the hell out of there, run … hang up with me and call 911.

  3. Patricia Kim:

    I think the President Joe Biden administration has tried to distinguish its North Korea policy by making the case that it's not interested in flashy summits or grand bargains, but that it wants to take a practical and calibrated approach to build towards the complete denuclearization of North Korea, i think the hang up, of course, is not so much Patricia Kim policy, but the fact that North Korea seems to have zero interest in talking about denuclearization.

  4. Senator Hatch:

    I’ve always been a fighter, i was an amateur boxer in my youth and I’ve brought that fighting spirit with me to Washington. But a good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves, and for me, that time is soon approaching.

  5. Tom Holland:

    We've taken Spider-Man outside of Queens and we put him on the world stage...we've taken him to London, Venice, Prague, in this film he's trying to hang up the suit and not be Spider-Man for a while and take a break. And wherever he goes it seems that trouble follows so we've caught him in a vulnerable state and we get to see how he deals with that situation.


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