Synonyms for hang it up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hang |
| Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for hang it up Other synonyms for the word hang it up
- abdicate
- bag it
- bail out
- be over
- blow
- blow off
- book
- bow out
- break up
- bring to a close
- call it a day
- call it quits
- capitulate
- carry through
- cease work
- cede
- check out
- cold turkey
- come to a standstill
- cool it
- crown
- culminate
- cut it out
- cut out
- cut short
- deal with
- decamp
- demit
- depart
- desert
- desist
- determine
- discharge
- discontinue
- divorce oneself from
- do
- draw up
- drop
- drop out
- effect
- end
- end service
- evacuate
- execute
- exit
- finalize
- finish
- fold
- forgo
- forsake
- fulfill
- get off
- get on the wagon
- get out of the way
- give notice
- give over
- give up
- give up the ship
- go
- go away from
- halt
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang it up
- have done with
- hold
- kick over
- kick the habit
- kill
- knock off
- leave
- leave flat
- leave hanging
- leave off
- make
- make short work of
- mop up
- pack in
- pause
- perfect
- pull out
- pull up
- push off
- put an end to
- put finishing touches on
- quit
- quit cold
- refrain
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- retire
- round off
- round up
- run its course
- run out on
- scratch
- scrub
- secede
- separate oneself from
- settle
- sew up
- shut down
- shutter
- sign off
- stall
- stand
- stand aside
- stand down
- stay
- step down
- stop
- surcease
- surrender
- suspend
- take a walk
- take off
- take the cure
- tarry
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- throw over
- top off
- turn over
- ultimate
- vacate
- waive
- walk out
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- wind up
- withdraw
- wrap
- wrap up
- yield
Définition of hang it 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 quit : verb abandon, leave
- As in quit : verb stop doing something
- As in resign : verb give up responsibility
- As in step down : verb resign
- As in stop : verb bring or come to a halt or end
- As in finish : verb bring to a conclusion; get done
Antonyms for hang it up
- advance
- agree
- allow
- arrive
- assert
- bear
- begin
- carry on
- claim
- come
- come in
- commence
- complete
- continue
- create
- defend
- destroy
- disregard
- do
- encourage
- enter
- fail
- fight
- finish
- forget
- give birth
- give up
- go
- hold
- ignore
- initiate
- introduce
- join
- keep
- leave
- lose
- maintain
- miss
- neglect
- not finish
- open
- overlook
- persevere
- pursue
- release
- remain
- restart
- retain
- rise
- save
- schedule
- set up
- start
- stay
- store
- take on
- unsettle
- win
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