hang up

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hang up (third-person singular simple present hangs up, present participle hanging up, simple past and past participle hung up)

  1. (transitive) To put up to hang.
    I hung up my wash on the line.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
    When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.
  3. To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.

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