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let it all hang out

let it all hang out
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [let it awl hang out]
    • /lɛt ɪt ɔl hæŋ aʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [let it awl hang out]
    • /lɛt ɪt ɔl hæŋ aʊt/

Definitions of let it all hang out words

  • verb with object let it all hang out 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 let it all hang out to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum. 1
  • verb with object let it all hang out to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement. 1
  • verb with object let it all hang out to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. 1
  • verb with object let it all hang out to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic. 1
  • verb with object let it all hang out to fasten to a cross; crucify. 1
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Origin of let it all hang out

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 Let it all hang out

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Let it all hang out

let it all hang out 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".

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Synonyms for let it all hang out

verb let it all hang out

  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
  • wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
  • dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
All 100 Synonyms of let it all hang out

Antonyms for let it all hang out

verb let it all hang out

  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
  • incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
  • amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  • intensify — to make intense or more intense.
All 31 Antonyms of let it all hang out

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