HANG UP


Meaning of HANG UP in English

1.

see hang 1

2.

If you ~ or you ~ the phone, you end a phone call. If you ~ on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly.

Mum hung up the phone...

Don’t ~!...

He said he’d call again, and hung up on me.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P, V P on n

3.

You can use ~ to indicate that someone stops doing a particular sport or activity that they have regularly done over a long period. For example, when a footballer hangs up his boots, he stops playing football.

Keegan announced he was hanging up his boots for good...

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

4.

see also hang-up , hung up

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