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51Hang — Sm std. (15. Jh.), fnhd. hanc Stammwort. Wie ungefähr gleichzeitiges abhang gebildet zu abhin (oder ze tale) hāhen (s. unter hängen) herunterhängen, sich nach unten neigen . Dann übertragen, wie etwa auch bei Neigung (neigen). deutsch s. hängen …
52hang on — to remain clinging, 1860; as a command to be patient, wait a minute, from 1936, originally in telephone conversations …
53hang up — hang, suspend; end a telephone conversation …
54hang on — [v] continue, endure be tough, carry on, cling, clutch, go on, grasp, grip, hold fast, hold on, hold out, persevere, persist, remain; concepts 23,239 Ant. cease, give up, let go, stop …
55hang-up — [n] preoccupation block, difficulty, dilemma, disturbance, impasse, inhibition, obsession, predicament, problem, reserve, restraint, thing; concepts 532,674,690 …
56hang-up — ► NOUN informal ▪ an emotional problem or inhibition …
57hang-up — ☆ hang up [haŋ′up΄ ] n. Slang a problem or difficulty, esp. one of a personal or emotional nature that a person seems unable to deal with …
58hang a U-ey — phrase to do a u turn (=in which you turn a vehicle round to face the opposite direction) Thesaurus: to drive, or to operate a vehiclehyponym Main entry: U ey …
59hang — hang1 W2S1 [hæŋ] v past tense and past participle hung [hʌŋ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(top part fastened)¦ 2¦(picture etc)¦ 3¦(kill/be killed)¦ 4¦(paper)¦ 5¦(door)¦ 6¦(mist/smoke/smell)¦ 7 hang open 8 hang in the balance 9 hang by a thread …
60hang — hangable, adj. hangability, n. /hang/, v., hung or (esp. for 4, 5, 20, 24) hanged; hanging; n. v.t. 1. to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 2. to attach or suspend so as to …
