Synonyms for hang-up
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1. hang-upnoun

   an emotional preoccupation

   Synonyms:
   hitch, snag, rub

2. hang-up, hitch, rub, snagverb

   an unforeseen obstacle

   Synonyms:
   rent, split, enlistment, preventative, term of enlistment, duty tour, stay, preventive, tear, wipe, limp, hitch, tour, interference, stoppage, check, tour of duty, hinderance, incumbrance, hobble, snag, halt, encumbrance, hindrance, rip, stop, arrest, rub

3. hang upverb

   put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

   Synonyms:
   hang, hang up

4. hang, hang upverb

   cause to be hanging or suspended

   "Hang that picture on the wall"

   Synonyms:
   fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heed, hang

5. hang upverb

   interrupt a telephone conversation

   Synonyms:
   hang, hang up

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1. Jane Slusser:

   We are seeing shortages again, folks who have been doing it for 40 years are starting to hang up their hats. We're also seeing that there's a lack of awareness that this is an issue. In presidential years, people think a lot about elections. In midterm elections, people think less about this.

2. Cindy Sue Hunter:

   And she said yes, it was Kylen’s body, and I said Cindy Sue, get the hell out of there, run … hang up with me and call 911.

3. Edmund King:

   Many commentators use high-profile car crashes involving elderly drivers as a reason to call for bans or restrictions on older drivers, the decision to hang up your keys is a tough one but should be based on personal advice from your GP and family rather than being based on some arbitrary age. We all age differently and the car is an essential lifeline for many elderly people.

4. Tina Garcia:

   We were not going to hang up this phone on the young lady, as far as I was concerned, the people in that room -- we were the only lifeline.

5. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid:

   Well I have a lot of bad habits, one of them is my telephone manner, as everybody will say. When the conversation is over, I hang up. I've offended people, I don't mean to. But there's no need to talk anymore, The conversation is over.