go hang

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Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)To be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.You cango hangfor all I care.1611,William Shakespeare,The Tempest, act II, scene II:For she had a tongue with a tang,Would cry to a sailor, 'Go hang!'She loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch,Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch.Then to sea, boys, and let hergo hang!1898, Margaret Georgina Todd,Mona Maclean, Medical Student: A Novel‎[1], page449:When Love is kind, cheerful, and free,Love's sure to find welcome from me;But when Love brings heartache and pang,Tears and such things, Love maygo hang!1958, Macdonald Hastings,Cork in the Doghouse, page97:"And your advice was to let the familygo hangand to insure the dog heavily against accidents?"

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