hang up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive)Toput upto hang.Ihung upmy wash on the line.; (intransitive,idiomatic)Toterminateatelephone call, originally by hanging thereceiveron its hook orcradlethereby automaticallydisconnectingtheline.When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened tohang upon her.1974,Harry ChapinandSandra Chapin, “Cat's in the Cradle”, inVerities & Balderdash, performed byHarry Chapin:And as Ihung upthe phone, it occurred to meHe'd grown up just like meMy boy was just like me.; (intransitive,figurative)To stop talking.; To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.; To rob or mug (someone).; To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.; To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).Hehung upthe flute after college.I think it's time tohangitup.; Todistress,disadvantageorharm(someone).

Examples:

EN: You know how you go into a restaurant, you hang up your umbrella and hat, and you get indigestion, you think somebody's gonna steal it?
ES: ¿Sabe usted cuándo va a un restaurante, cuelga su paraguas y el sombrero... y no come a gusto porque cree que alguien se los va a robar?
EN: Please don't hang up.
ES: Por favor, no cuelgue.
ES: No, por favor, no cuelgues.
EN: Yes, I have to hang up now.
ES: Sí, ahora tengo que terminar.
EN: Hey, if you're gonna let that dame come and go as she likes you might as well hang up.
ES: Si dejas que esta chica haga lo que quiera, antes de que te atrape.
EN: Marie, open the suitcase and hang up my checkered suit.
ES: Marie, abre la maleta y coge mi traje.
EN: Oh Jim, there goes the overture, I got to hang up.
ES: Oh, Jim, la obertura. Tengo que colgar.
EN: I not hang up on you.
ES: Yo no le colgué.
EN: Why did you hang up when I called yesterday? Too busy.
ES: ¿Por qué colgaste cuando hablé ayer?
EN: Tell him to take the receiver and... hang up on it.
ES: Diles que descuelguen y que luego cuelguen sin más.
EN: I'll hang up.
ES: Colgaré.
EN: And if a man answers, hang up.
ES: Y si alguien contesta, cuelgue.
EN: - What did you hang up for?
ES: - ¿Por qué has colgado?
EN: I must hang up now.
ES: Debo colgar.
EN: All right, hang up those stockings, kid.
ES: Acuérdate de poner los calcetines, chaval.
EN: "that he will hang up a new record.
ES: Que establecerá un nuevo récord.

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