HANG UP

v. 1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger. When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom. 2a. To place a telephone receiver back on its hook and break the connection. Carol's mother told her she had talked long enough on the phone and made her hang up. 2b. To put a phone receiver back on its hook while the other person is still talking. Used with "on". I said something that made Joe angry, and he hung up on me. 3a. informal To cause to be stuck or held so as to be immovable. Usually used in the passive. Ann's car was hung up in a snowdrift and she had to call a garageman to get it out. 3b. informal To stick or get held so as to be immovable. A big passenger ship hung up on a sandbar for several hours. 4. informal To cause a wait; delay. Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illness of some of the actors. 5. informal To set (a record.) Bob hung up a school record for long distance swimming.