to disconnect a phone call. It is often used when someone does not want to continue a conversation
something that prohibits someone from making progress in a situation. It is hyphenated and used as a noun
to give up on someone or something
to be obsessed with someone or something, this is used very informally
to stop doing something
hang from a hook
If you do not stop complaining then I will hang up on you.
Don’t you dare hang up until I have had a chance to ask my question!
Jane has a lot of hang-ups about being an overweight child.
Peter has hung-ups about not being as educated as some of his peers.
We had to hang up on them as they were just not able to do the job that we needed.
She is still hung up on her ex-boyfriend.
After ten years as a professional ballerina she will finally hang up her dancing shoes.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.