hang one's hat

Meanings:

• 1.

  Globalliteralneutral
  • To place or suspend one's hat on a hook, peg, or similar support.

• 2.

  USidiomaticchiefly US
  • To reside in, or describe a particular place as, one's home; to make a specific place one's principal or habitual dwelling.

• 3.

  USidiomaticchiefly USfigurative
  • To identify with, be associated with, or consider oneself a part of a particular place, group, or social affiliation.