hang up

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hang up (third-person singular simple present hangs up, present participle hanging up, simple past and past participle hung up)

1. (transitive) To put up to hang.

   I hung up my wash on the line.

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call.

   When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.

3. To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.

• (terminate a phone call): release a call

• hung up
• ring off

• uphang