hang up
verb- To put up to hang. · I hung up my wash on the line.
- To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line. · When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.
- To stop talking.
- To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
- To rob or mug (someone).
- To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
- To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something). · He hung up the flute after college.· I think it's time to hang it up.
- To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).
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