to hang up
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2.5
- phrasal verb
- /hæŋ ʌp/
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colgar
- You shouldn't hang up on your mom.
- hang up the phone
And so, you know, I hung up and I was crushed.
- And so, you know, I hung up and I was crushed.
- And I hung up the phone and just went.
- And she was like, I hung up and my marriage is over.
- So my mom hung up that phone with her mom.
- Maybe it jogs me when I hang up on cold callers.
- And that was like, I mean, I got, I hung up the phone and just, I lost it.
- They would say F you and hang up the phone, right?
- You just double tap and you've hung up.
- I've never had the phone hung up on me, like without any meanness so fast.
- And she said no, he didn't and hung up.
- And I swore at him and hung up the phone.
- So I admit I was, when I hung up that phone, I was like, what did I just do?
- I say goodbye before anyone can hang up.
Examples
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After speaking with the customer service agent, I decided to hang up.
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Why'd you hang up on me?
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If you want to make a call, please hang up and try again.
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I'll hang up and listen.
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Why did you just hang up on Tyler Normal?
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At first, there was no reply from Pennyburn, so she hung up and called again half an hour later.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then he hung up.
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Now, don't hang up.
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He hung up.
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If you need to end the call, just hang up the phone.
Synonyms
50
3.2
To stop something suddenly before it is finished, for example a talk or relationship
To leave a phone or video call by ending your connection
Antonyms
How Connected
18
3.0
405
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
hang + up
The meaning 'to suspend something from above' is directly compositional from 'hang' (to suspend) plus 'up' (indicating upward/off-ground position). This verb + particle construction follows a common, cross-linguistic motion/position pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb hang up comes from old phones with a small hook for the receiver. When you put the receiver back you were literally hanging it up, which stopped the connection, so the phrase means 'to end a phone call'.