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What does "hang" mean?

get (or have) the hang of

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  1. to learn (or have) the knack of
  2. to understand the significance or idea of

hang a left

or hang a right
Slang to turn to the left (or right), as in driving a car

hang around

or hang about☆
  1. to cluster around
  2. Informal to loiter or linger around
  3. Informal to associate or socialize with Don't hang around those kids!

hang around with

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Informal to associate or socialize with

hang back

or hang off
to be reluctant to advance, as from timidity or shyness

hang fire

  1. to be slow in firing: said of a gun
  2. to be slow in doing something
  3. 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)

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Informal 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

  1. to keep hold
  2. to go on doing; persevere
  3. to depend on; be contingent on
  4. to lean on; be supported by
  5. to be a burden
  6. to listen attentively to

hang one on

☆ Slang
  1. to hit with a blow
  2. to go on a drunken spree

hang out

  1. to lean out
  2. to display, as by suspending
  3. Slang
    1. to reside
    2. to spend much of one's time; frequent a place
  4. Slang to loiter; idle

hang over

  1. to project over; overhang
  2. to hover over
  3. to loom over; threaten
  4. to be left from a previous time or state

hang to

to hold or clutch tenaciously

hang together

  1. to stick or remain together
  2. to make sense in a coherent way

hang tough

Informal to take a firm or defiant stand; be inflexible

hang up

  1. to put on a hanger, hook, etc., esp. in the proper place
  2. ☆ to put a telephone receiver or handset back in place in ending a call
  3. to delay or suspend the progress of cars that are hung up in traffic

not care a hang about

or not give a hang about
to not care the least bit about

See hang in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

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