■ verb hang or cause to hang so as to swing freely.
Phrases
keep someone dangling keep someone in an uncertain position.
Derivatives
~r noun
dangly adjective
Origin
C16: symbolic of something loose and pendulous.
■ verb hang or cause to hang so as to swing freely.
Phrases
keep someone dangling keep someone in an uncertain position.
Derivatives
~r noun
dangly adjective
Origin
C16: symbolic of something loose and pendulous.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004