From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhang up phrasal verb1 TCPTELEPHONEto finish a telephone conversation I said goodbye and hung up. on Don’t hang up on me.2 hang something ↔ upDCC to hang clothes on a hook etc She took her coat off and hung it up.3 hang up your hat/football boots/briefcase etc informalLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION to stop doing a particular kind of work → hang-up, hung-up → hang→ See Verb table
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hang up• If a caller is rude, just hang up.hang on• The guy hangs up on me.• When we talk on the phone, she may hang up on me.• Anne saw her own coat hanging up on the rack with the others.• But don't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas.hang-upˈhang-up, hangup /ˈhæŋʌp/ noun [countable] informalWORRIED a feeling of worry or embarrassment about something that you have although there is no real reason to feel this way She had cured him of all his hang-ups.hang-up about She’s got a real hang-up about her body. → hang up at hang1Examples from the Corpus
hang-up• Sarah has a hang-up about her nose -- she thinks it's too big.• You think people here have a hang-up about Thumper?• I want the children to understand sex and grow up without any hang-ups.• Parents are largely responsible for providing the right environment so that their children grow up happy, balanced and free from hang-ups.• Now I was stuck on my northernmost hang-up.• Deborah has a very good self-image and no particular hang-ups about her body.• In future, all movie gays will be law-abiding citizens with healthy relationships, no repressive hang-ups, and a glitter-free wardrobe.• There are still, however, some hang-ups in this production.• Richards had a few technical hang-ups bringing the script to the screen.• He's a very attractive man who looks younger than his age so why the hang-up?• They're just ordinary people with all the usual hang-ups about love.got a ... hang-up• I should imagine that the police force attracts people who have got particular hang-ups about race. 