to hang up
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2.3
- phrasal verb
- /hæŋ ʌp/
:
colgar
- Can you help me hang up this picture on the wall?
- hang up a coat
- hang up clothes
- hang up a towel
Go ahead, hang up your shoes, lay in the bed.
- Go ahead, hang up your shoes, lay in the bed.
- Just rinse it out in the sink and hang it up to air dry.
- OK, so this is a wall bracket, so you can hang it up on the wall.
Examples
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Well, I'll wash the windows tomorrow and hang up some curtains.
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OK, so this is a wall bracket, so you can hang it up on the wall.
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So think the next thing on our To Do List is to hang up this light.
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Go ahead, hang up your shoes, lay in the bed.
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I'm going to hang up the rest of this stuff right here.
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Everything else that I'm keeping needs to be hung up on this side.
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Joe tries to hang up his hat, but it keeps falling off the hook.
Fiction book (1990) -
Just rinse it out in the sink and hang it up to air dry.
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Well, I'm just hanging up these amazing flyers that my best friend made me.
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By the way, they're doing work in their flat because they're hanging up lots of pictures and stuff.
Synonyms
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1.0
To attach something from above so it stays up
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3.5
To hang something so it can move or swing
4
3.6
To attach something to a wall or board with a pin
4
5.5
To hang things for decoration or display
2
4.0
Put something back on a wall or hook after taking it down
1
8.4
To hang down from above so it moves freely
Antonyms
How Securely
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 verb hang up has a simple, literal image: you hang something up on a hook or nail so it is held above the ground, like a coat on a hook, and that is why it means 'to suspend something'.