Meaning

8 senses
  1. (idiomatic, transitive)To put up to hang.

    I hung up my wash on the line.

    aufhängen

    ве́шатьvéšatʹ, пове́ситьpovésitʹ

    put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

  2. (ambitransitive, idiomatic)To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.

    When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.

    auflegen

    класть тру́бкуklastʹ trúbku, положи́ть тру́бкуpoložítʹ trúbku, ве́шать тру́бкуvéšatʹ trúbku

  3. (figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive)To stop talking.

  4. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive)To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.

  5. (idiomatic)To rob or mug (someone).

  6. (idiomatic)To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.

  7. (idiomatic)To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).

    He hung up the flute after college.

    I think it's time to hang it up.

  8. (idiomatic)To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).

Examples

320 sentences
  1. Don't you hang up on me.

    Не вішай слухавку, коли ти зі мною розмовляєш.

    ruНе вздумай положить трубку.

    deWehe, du legst jetzt den Hörer auf.

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  2. Tom was hung up on Mary.

    Том був одержимий Мері.

    ruТом был одержим Мэри.

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  3. I hung up and called her back again.

    Я поклав слухавку і передзвонив їй знову.

    deIch legte auf und rief sie zurück.

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  4. I can't believe Tom hung up on me.

    Повірити не можу, що Том повісив слухавку, розмовляючи зі мною.

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  5. Don't hang up.

    Не клади слухавку.

    ruНе клади трубку.

    deLeg nicht auf!

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
put up to hang:
terminate a phone call:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
put up to hang:
terminate a phone call:

Forms

hangs up, hanging up, hung up, hung up
Base formhang up · to hang up
3rd person singularhangs up
Present participlehanging up
Past simplehung up
Past participlehung up

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhang up
he, she, ithangs up

Past simpleLesson

all personshung up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hung up
he, she, ithas hung up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hang up

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cause to be hanging or suspended:hang

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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