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Antonyms for hanging up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hang |
Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ |
- abet
- accept
- add
- advance
- agree
- aid
- allow
- appease
- approve
- arrange
- arrive
- assert
- assist
- be convenient
- bear
- begin
- benefit
- boost
- calm
- carry on
- carry out
- claim
- clarify
- clean
- clear
- clear up
- come
- come in
- comfort
- commence
- complete
- continue
- cooperate
- create
- defend
- delight
- destroy
- detach
- develop
- disconnect
- disjoin
- disregard
- do
- encourage
- enlarge
- enlighten
- enter
- exclude
- exonerate
- expand
- expedite
- explain
- explicate
- extend
- face
- facilitate
- fail
- favor
- fight
- finish
- fix
- forge
- forget
- forgive
- forward
- free
- further
- give
- give birth
- give up
- gladden
- go
- go ahead
- grow
- hasten
- hearten
- help
- hold
- hurry
- ignore
- include
- increase
- initiate
- inspirit
- introduce
- join
- keep
- keep on
- lay bare
- leave
- lengthen
- let go
- let up
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- love
- maintain
- make happy
- meet
- mend
- miss
- move
- neglect
- not finish
- offer
- open
- order
- organize
- overlook
- permit
- persevere
- persist
- placate
- please
- promote
- pursue
- push
- quiet
- raise
- release
- remain
- remove
- restart
- retain
- retreat
- reveal
- rise
- run
- rush
- save
- schedule
- set up
- soothe
- speed
- start
- stay
- store
- strengthen
- stretch
- support
- surrender
- sustain
- take away
- take on
- unbind
- unblock
- unburden
- unclog
- uncomplicate
- uncover
- unfasten
- unloose
- unmask
- unplug
- unsettle
- unstop
- untangle
- untie
- untwist
- validate
- walk
- win
- yield
Definition of hanging up
Origin :- a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
- Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.
- As in inconvenience : verb bother, trouble
- As in inhibit : verb restrict, prevent
- As in interfere : verb meddle, intervene
- As in mire : verb delay, catch up in
- As in obstruct : verb prevent, restrict
- As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
- As in quit : verb abandon, leave
- As in quit : verb stop doing something
- As in resign : verb give up responsibility
- As in restrict : verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate
- As in retard : verb hinder, obstruct
- As in set back : verb delay, hinder
- As in shelve : verb defer, postpone
- As in spite : verb offend, hurt
- As in step down : verb resign
- As in stop : verb bring or come to a halt or end
- As in stymie : verb frustrate, hinder
- As in suspend : verb hang from above
- As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
- As in block : verb obstruct
- As in bog down : verb stick; become stuck
- As in handcuff : verb hamper
- As in hog-tie : verb hamper
- As in incommode : verb inconvenience
- As in detain : verb hold, keep back; arrest
- As in embarrass : verb cause mental discomfort
- As in encumber : verb bother, burden
- As in fetter : verb tie up, hold
- As in finish : verb bring to a conclusion; get done
- As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
- As in frustrate : verb thwart, disappoint
- As in hamper : verb impede, restrict
- As in hobble : verb cripple, restrict
- As in impede : verb obstruct, hinder
- To begin with he almost broke the pegs off in hanging up his hat and muffler.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- There is the gun and the horn, Paul, hanging up over the fireplace.
- Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- His belt is in the barn at Calabasas, hanging up with his coat.
- Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
- He was, as Forrester saw him, just hanging up the telephone.
- Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- One of these is now hanging up in the British Museum as my gift.
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- The Assistant Commissioner was just hanging up his overcoat.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- Do you know whether they've sold the prize turkey that was hanging up there?
- Extract from : « A Christmas Carol » by Charles Dickens
- “Blowing a gale,” he said to me, turning from hanging up the receiver.
- Extract from : « The House of Pride » by Jack London
- However, they are all in good order, and hanging up in the hut there.
- Extract from : « Maiwa's Revenge » by H. Rider Haggard
- I suppose it is hanging up on its nail,” said Caleb, “I mean to go and get it.
- Extract from : « Caleb in the Country » by Jacob Abbott
Synonyms for hanging up
- abandon
- abash
- abdicate
- accomplish
- achieve
- adjourn
- aggravate
- agitate
- annoy
- annul
- append
- apprehend
- arrest
- attach
- avert
- back off
- baffle
- bag it
- bail out
- balk
- ban
- bar
- barge in
- barricade
- be over
- be pendent
- beat
- begrudge
- beset
- bewilder
- bilk
- bind
- bit
- block
- block out
- blockade
- blow
- blow off
- blow whistle on
- bog
- bog down
- bollix
- book
- bother
- bottle up
- bound
- bow out
- box in
- brake
- break
- break off
- break up
- bridle
- bring to a close
- bring to screeching halt
- buffalo
- bug
- bust
- busybody
- butt in
- buttonhole
- call it a day
- call it quits
- can
- cancel
- capitulate
- carry through
- catch
- catch one short
- cease
- cease work
- cede
- chagrin
- chain
- charge
- check
- check out
- checkmate
- choke
- choke off
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- clinch
- cling
- clog
- close
- close off
- close out
- cold turkey
- come down on
- come to a standstill
- complete
- conclude
- confine
- conflict
- confound
- confront
- confuse
- congest
- conquer
- constrain
- constrict
- contain
- contract
- cool
- cool down
- cool it
- cork
- corner
- count out
- counter
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- cramp style
- crimp
- crown
- cuff
- culminate
- cumber
- curb
- cut it out
- cut off
- cut out
- cut short
- dam
- dangle
- dash
- dash one's hope
- dawdle
- dead-end
- deal with
- debar
- decamp
- decelerate
- decrease
- defeat
- defer
- define
- delay
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- demark
- demit
- depart
- depend
- depress
- desert
- desist
- detain
- deter
- determine
- diminish
- dirty
- disallow
- disappoint
- discharge
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discomfort
- discommode
- discompose
- disconcert
- discontinue
- discountenance
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismiss
- disoblige
- disrupt
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- ditch
- divorce oneself from
- do
- dodge
- down
- drag feet
- drag one's feet
- draw up
- drop
- drop out
- duck
- dumbfound
- effect
- eject
- eliminate
- elude
- embarrass
- embog
- embroil
- encircle
- enclose
- encumber
- end
- end service
- enjoin
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- entrammel
- entrap
- evacuate
- exasperate
- exclude
- execute
- exit
- falter
- fasten
- faze
- fetter
- file
- fill
- finalize
- finish
- flag
- flag one
- flounder
- fluster
- foil
- fold
- fool with
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- forgo
- forsake
- foul up
- freeze
- frustrate
- fulfill
- gall
- get around
- get even
- get in the way
- get involved
- get off
- get on the wagon
- get out of the way
- gimp
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give notice
- give over
- give the run around
- give the run-around
- give the slip
- give trouble
- give up
- give up the ship
- go
- go away from
- gridlock
- grudge
- halt
- hamper
- hamstring
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- handcuff
- handicap
- hang
- hang down
- hang fire
- hang it up
- hang up
- harass
- harm
- have done with
- hem in
- hesitate
- hide
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold
- hold back
- hold captive
- hold down
- hold in
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- hook up
- horn in
- ice
- impede
- implicate
- inactivate
- inc
- inclose
- incommode
- inconvenience
- inhibit
- injure
- intercede
- intercept
- interdict
- interfere
- interfere with
- interlope
- intermeddle
- intermediate
- intermit
- intern
- interpose
- interrupt
- intrude
- involve
- irk
- jail
- jam
- jam up
- juke
- keep in
- keep lid on
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- kick over
- kick the habit
- kill
- knock off
- lade
- lay aside
- lay off
- lay on the table
- lay over
- leash
- leave
- leave flat
- leave hanging
- leave off
- lessen
- let down
- let up
- lick
- load
- loaf
- lock up
- loiter
- louse up
- make
- make a monkey of
- make difficult
- make it tough
- make short work of
- manacle
- mask
- meddle
- mire
- mix in
- moderate
- modify
- monkey with
- mop up
- mortify
- mothball
- mystify
- nab
- narrow
- needle
- negate
- nettle
- neutralize
- nix
- nonplus
- nullify
- obscure
- obstruct
- obtrude
- obviate
- occlude
- omit
- oppose
- oppress
- outlaw
- outwit
- overburden
- overcome
- overload
- pack in
- pass on
- pause
- perfect
- perplex
- persecute
- perturb
- pick up
- pigeonhole
- pin down
- pinch
- pink-slip
- pique
- plague
- plug
- poke
- poke nose in
- postpone
- preclude
- prelimit
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prohibit
- prolong
- prorogue
- proscribe
- protract
- provoke
- pull in
- pull out
- pull up
- push off
- put a crimp in
- put a lock on
- put a stop to
- put a stopper in
- put an end to
- put aside
- put away
- put chill on
- put down
- put finishing touches on
- put half nelson on
- put in a hole
- put in a spot
- put off
- put on back burner
- put on brakes
- put on hold
- put on ice
- put on the shelf
- put on the spot
- put out
- put out of countenance
- put straitjacket on
- put to trouble
- puzzle
- qualify
- quit
- quit cold
- rattle
- reduce
- refrain
- regulate
- reject
- relinquish
- remit
- render null and void
- renounce
- repress
- reserve
- resign
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- retardate
- retire
- reverse
- round off
- round up
- ruin
- rule out
- run circles around
- run in
- run its course
- run out on
- run rings around
- saddle
- saddle with
- sandbag
- scratch
- scrub
- secede
- send up
- separate oneself from
- set back
- settle
- sew up
- shackle
- shake
- shake off
- shame
- shelve
- shield
- shorten
- show up
- shrink
- shuffle off
- shut down
- shut in
- shut off
- shut out
- shutter
- sideline
- sign off
- sink
- skip
- slacken
- sling
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- snare
- snooker
- soil
- spike
- stall
- stand
- stand aside
- stand down
- stave off
- stay
- step down
- step in
- stick
- stonewall
- stop
- stop up
- stopper
- stump
- stun
- stymie
- suppress
- surcease
- surrender
- surround
- suspend
- swing
- table
- taboo
- tackle
- take a walk
- take down
- take off
- take out of play
- take the cure
- tamper
- tangle
- tarry
- tax
- tease
- temper
- terminate
- tether
- throttle
- throw
- throw a monkey wrench into
- throw cold water on
- throw in the towel
- throw into a tizzy
- throw monkey wrench in
- throw over
- thwart
- tie
- tie one's hands
- tie up
- top off
- trammel
- trap
- trouble
- try
- turn over
- ultimate
- upset
- upset the apple cart
- upset the applecart
- vacate
- veto
- vex
- waive
- walk out
- walk out on
- ward
- wash hands of
- wave
- weigh down
- weight
- wind up
- withdraw
- withhold
- wrap
- wrap up
- yield
- zing
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