hang up

Speech parts

1. hang up - Noun

2. hang up - Verb

3. hang up - Phrase

Meaning

cause to be hanging or suspended

interrupt a telephone conversation

put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

an unforeseen obstacle

an emotional preoccupation

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

hang-up

Synonyms

hang rub hitch snag ring off put the phone down close complex release prevent retard mire stop block stay
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Antonyms

bell dial get call buzz reach
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Hypernyms

replace secure fix obstacle obstruction preoccupation

Hyponyms

sling suspend

Examples

Call up, ring once, hang up the phone, To let me know you made it home, Don't want nothing to be wrong, With part-time lover. Stevie Wonder

Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things And crawl back into bed to dream of a time When your heart was open wide and you love things just because Like the sick and dying. Jenny Lewis

You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion. Bobby Womack

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me. Frank Robinson

Once grape gathering has finished, you have to hang up the basket. Corsican Proverb

The man of sense does not hang up his knowledge. Portuguese Proverb

Words in the phrase

hang up

Close letter words and terms

hang time hang together hang tough hang up one's boots hang up the boots hang up the phone