hang up

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verb

1. put a telephone receiver back in its cradle (Freq. 8)
• Hypernyms:
replace, put back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. cause to be hanging or suspended (Freq. 3)
- Hang that picture on the wall
• Syn:
hang
• Derivationally related forms:
hanger (for: hang), hanging (for: hang)
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Hyponyms:
suspend, sling
• Verb Group:
hang
• Cause:
hang
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They hang up the lights from the ceiling
3. interrupt a telephone conversation (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
cut short, break short, break off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP