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Antonyms for hanged out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : hang
Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ

Definition of hanged out

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.
  • verb associate with; be residing in
Example sentences :
  • And if there be another anywhere, let him be caught and hanged out of hand.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • Ten or twelve were seized on the spot, and two were hanged out of hand.
  • Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.
  • Those who were suspected of taking part in the siege, or of belonging to Clarke's command, were seized and hanged out of hand.
  • Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • When no doubt exists they should be hanged out of hand for about a hundred years.
  • Extract from : « The Note-Books of Samuel Butler » by Samuel Butler
  • Let Haman enjoy never so much himself, it is all nothing, it does him no good, till poor Mordecai is hanged out of his way.
  • Extract from : « Calamities and Quarrels of Authors » by Isaac Disraeli
  • And to be sure it would be better that all rogues were hanged out of the way, than that one honest man should suffer.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling » by Henry Fielding

Synonyms for hanged out

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