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What does "hang" mean?
get (or have) the hang of
â- to learn (or have) the knack of
- to understand the significance or idea of
hang around
or hang aboutâ- to cluster around
- Informal to loiter or linger around
- Informal to associate or socialize with Don't hang around those kids!
hang around with
âInformal to associate or socialize with
hang fire
- to be slow in firing: said of a gun
- to be slow in doing something
- to be unsettled or undecided
hang five (or ten)
to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
hang in (there)
âInformal to hold steadfast; persevere
hang it!
an exclamation of anger or exasperation
hang it (or them or 'em) up
Informal to retire or quit
hang loose
Slang to be relaxed, easygoing, etc.
hang on
- to keep hold
- to go on doing; persevere
- to depend on; be contingent on
- to lean on; be supported by
- to be a burden
- to listen attentively to
hang one on
â Slang- to hit with a blow
- to go on a drunken spree
hang out
- to lean out
- to display, as by suspending
- Slang
- to reside
- to spend much of one's time; frequent a place
- Slang to loiter; idle
hang over
- to project over; overhang
- to hover over
- to loom over; threaten
- to be left from a previous time or state
hang to
to hold or clutch tenaciously
hang together
- to stick or remain together
- to make sense in a coherent way
hang tough
Informal to take a firm or defiant stand; be inflexible
hang up
- to put on a hanger, hook, etc., esp. in the proper place
- â to put a telephone receiver or handset back in place in ending a call
- to delay or suspend the progress of cars that are hung up in traffic
See hang in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms
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