hang up

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Verb

hang 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.

Synonyms

• (terminate a phone call) release a call

Translations

• French: suspendre
• German: aufhängen
• Italian: appendere
• Portuguese: pendurar
• Russian: ве́шать
• Spanish: colgar

Translations

• French: raccrocher, raccrocher au nez
• German: auflegen
• Italian: riagganciare, riattaccare
• Portuguese: desligar
• Russian: класть трубка
• Spanish: colgar, cortar

Translations

• Italian: tenere in sospeso, tenere in attesa, tenere sulle spine, rimuginare

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