to hang a banner
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3.0
- phrasal verb
- /hæŋ ə ˈbænər/
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- During the festival, the volunteers will hang a banner welcoming all the guests at the entrance.
- hung a huge banner
- hang a banner outside the building
- hung a huge banner in the window
Examples
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Demonstrators hung several banners on the shop's window and used white tape to paste a Star of David over the green-and-white Starbucks sign.
Blog text (20) -
Someone hung the banner across the drill rig.
Fiction book (1993) -
It'd be nice to finally hang a banner up at our place instead of letting Cal have 'em all.
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Someone handmade and hung a banner reading: 'Mutual Aid Is Not Charity,' and the simplicity of the statement moved me to tears.
Blog text (4) -
Behind him hangs a banner that reads 'BANKY EDWARDS - CREATOR OF BABY DAVE.'
Fiction book (1997) -
Sunday, a group of naked protesters hung banners and danced on the rooftops above the Castro Street Fair in defiance of City Supervisor Wiener's proposed ban on public nudity.
Blog text (32) -
To celebrate the team’s victory, they decided to hang a banner across the main street.
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Before the parade started, we helped hang a banner that read 'Happy Holidays' over the parade route.
Synonyms
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1.0
To attach something from above so it stays up
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2.3
Put something on a wall or hook so it stays off the ground
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3.5
To hang something so it can move or swing
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2.4
Place a sign or notice so people can see it
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5.5
To hang things for decoration or display
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hang' (to suspend from above) with 'banner' (a long strip used for display), with 'a' as a simple determiner; no idiomatic shift is involved. This is a literal, compositional action that is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Hang a banner comes from the simple act of putting a large cloth or sign up high; people use a ladder or poles to hang a banner across a street or stage so everyone can see it. That's why it means 'to display' or 'show something publicly'.