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  • 101hang — vb American 1. to consort with, frequent. This black street usage is a shortening of the colloquialism hang out and was adopted by white adolescents from the 1990s. He s been hangin with the homeboys. Those betties hang down at the mall. 2. to… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 102hang-up — noun (C) informal if you have a hang up about something you feel unreasonably worried or embarrassed about it: She s got a real hang up about her nose. see also: hang up hang 1 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 103hang-up — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hang up : singular hang up plural hang ups informal 1) something that you are worried or embarrassed about, especially something that is not very important She doesn t have any hang ups about her appearance. 2) …

    English dictionary

  • 104hang up — 1. n. a problem or concern; an obsession. (Usually hang up.) □ She’s got some serious hang ups about cats. □ I don’t have any hang ups at all. Well, almost none. 2. in. to say no; to cancel out of something. □ I hung up. That’s not for me anyway …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 105hang — see hang a thief when he’s young, and he’ll no’ steal when he’s old a creaking door hangs longest give a dog a bad name and hang him every herring must hang by its own gill give a man rope enough and he will hang himself …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 106hang-up — {n.}, {informal} (stress on hang ) 1. A delay in some process. * /The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang up with the trucks somewhere./ 2. A neurotic reaction to some life situation probably stemming from a traumatic… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 107hang-up — {n.}, {informal} (stress on hang ) 1. A delay in some process. * /The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang up with the trucks somewhere./ 2. A neurotic reaction to some life situation probably stemming from a traumatic… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 108hang in — Synonyms and related words: abide, abide with, bear, bear up, bear with, bide, brave, brook, come up fighting, dig in, endure, get along, get on, go on, go on with, hang in there, hang on, hang tough, hold fast, hold on, hold out, hold up, keep… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 109hang on — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. persist, remain, continue; see endure 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To be determined by or contingent on something unknown, uncertain, or changeable: depend on (or upon), hang upon, hinge on (or upon), rest on …

    English dictionary for students

  • 110hang-up — noun informal (stress on hang ) 1. A delay in some process. The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang up with the trucks somewhere. 2. A neurotic reaction to some life situation probably stemming from a traumatic shock… …

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