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[hang up] {v.}
1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger.
When thechildren come to school, they
hang up their coats in the cloakroom.
2a. To place a telephone receiver back on
its hook and break theconnection.
Carol's mother told her she had talked long
enough onthe phone and made her hang up.
2b. To put a phone receiver back onits
hook while the other person is still talking. - Used with "on".
I said
something that made Joe angry, and he hung up on me.
3a.{informal} To cause to
be stuck or held so as to be immovable. -Usually used in the passive.
Ann's
car was hung up in a snowdriftand she had to call a garageman to get it out.
3b. {informal} Tostick or get held so as to be immovable.
A big passenger
ship hungup on a sandbar for several hours.
4. {informal} To cause a
wait;delay.
Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illnessof some
of the actors.
5. {informal} To set (a record.)
Bob hungup a school record
for long distance swimming.
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