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- [hang it uhp]
- /hæŋ ɪt ʌp/
- /hæŋ ɪt ʌp/
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- [hang it uhp]
- /hæŋ ɪt ʌp/
Definitions of hang it up words
- verb with object hang it up to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 1
- verb with object hang it up to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum. 1
- verb with object hang it up to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement. 1
- verb with object hang it up to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. 1
- verb with object hang it up to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic. 1
- verb with object hang it up to fasten to a cross; crucify. 1
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Origin of hang it up
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; fusion of 3 verbs: (1) Middle English, Old English hōn to hang (transitive), cognate with Gothic hāhan, orig. *haghan; (2) Middle English hang(i)en, Old English hangian to hang (intransitive), cognate with German hangen; (3) Middle English henge < Old Norse hengja (transitive), cognate with German hängen to hang
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Parts of speech for Hang it up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hang it up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hang it up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hang it up
verb hang it up
- do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
Antonyms for hang it up
verb hang it up
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- commence — When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
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