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What does hang up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hang up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To put up to hang.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call.
  3. To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
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The holsters have a lip curl so the cylinder will not hang up when re-holstering.
Dissolve the cobalt in the water and add the sugar, saturate unsized paper in the solution, and hang up to dry.
To prevent the Ephialtes or night-mare we hang up a hollow stone in our stables.
After five rings, I was about to hang up, when I heard a gruff voice answer.
So I told him to hang up and let us restart the conversation and give me an opportunity to give the required responses.
The owners are now cooking up a new business venture, but their 60 or so employees aren't ready to hang up their pot holders just yet.

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