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Synonyms for hang-up
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Princeton's WordNet
hang-up(noun)
an emotional preoccupation
hang-up, hitch, rub, snag(verb)
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, rubhang up(verb)
put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
hang, hang up(verb)
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, hanghang up(verb)
interrupt a telephone conversation
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#272 | check | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1080 | tour | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1637 | rent | |
#1767 | flow | |
#3607 | attend | |
#3684 | split | |
#5712 | hang | |
#7432 | rip | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#8714 | interference | |
#9356 | tear | |
#9541 | advert | |
#11695 | preventive | |
#12745 | rub | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14260 | wipe | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15920 | limp | |
#23847 | preventative | |
#27118 | cling | |
#33918 | snag | |
#43221 | enlistment | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#56554 | encumbrance | |
#99268 | hobble | |
#204694 | hinderance |
How to use hang-up in a sentence?
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.
I tried to call several times, only to be told that the call volume was too much, and to call back another time. And then it would hang up on me.
I appreciate the way Uber has been a good party, i did notice that when I talked to their CEO, he did not hang up on me.
My big hang-up here is when the curve does start to flatten, that doesn't mean we can return to normal human and economic behavior, if we do return to normal human and economic behavior, we risk the chance the curve goes parabolic again. Just from the perspective of how long this potentially can last, there's still a great deal of uncertainty.
Back when we were just starting, landlords would hang up on me when I told them what I wanted to do, it took a while to find a landlord who was open-minded to the cannabis industry.
Translations for hang-up
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