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hang up

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  • verb transitive To put up to hang
  • verb intransitive, idiomatic To terminate a telephone call

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
  • verb cause to be hanging or suspended
  • verb interrupt a telephone conversation

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synonyms (152)

Words with the same meaning

  1. adjourn
  2. afterthought
  3. bind
  4. block
  5. blockade
  6. blockage
  7. blow up
  8. bog down
  9. bottleneck
  10. bureaucratic delay
  11. buzz
  12. call
  13. call up
  14. catch
  15. come to nothing
  16. complex
  17. compulsion
  18. continue
  19. cordon
  20. curtain
  21. decelerate
  22. defer
  23. delay
  24. delayage
  25. delayed reaction
  26. detain
  27. detention
  28. determent
  29. deterrent
  30. dial
  31. difficulty
  32. double take
  33. drag out
  34. dragging
  35. drawback
  36. explode
  37. extend
  38. fail miserably
  39. fascination
  40. fasten up
  41. fixation
  42. fixed idea
  43. fizz out
  44. fizzle
  45. fizzle out
  46. get nowhere
  47. give a ring
  48. go phut
  49. halt
  50. hang
  51. hang fire
  52. hazard
  53. hindrance
  54. hitch
  55. hold off
  56. hold over
  57. hold the phone
  58. hold up
  59. holdup
  60. hurdle
  61. hypercathexis
  62. idee fixe
  63. interim
  64. irresistible impulse
  65. jam
  66. joker
  67. lag
  68. lagging
  69. lay aside
  70. lay by
  71. lay over
  72. listen in
  73. logjam
  74. make a call
  75. mire
  76. misfire
  77. monomania
  78. moratorium
  79. morbid drive
  80. objection
  81. obsession
  82. obsessive compulsion
  83. obstacle
  84. obstruction
  85. obstructive
  86. one small difficulty
  87. paperasserie
  88. pause
  89. phone
  90. pigeonhole
  91. poop out
  92. possession
  93. postpone
  94. preoccupation
  95. prepossession
  96. prolong
  97. prorogate
  98. prorogue
  99. protract
  100. push aside
  101. put aside
  102. put off
  103. put on ice
  104. put up
  105. recess
  106. red tape
  107. red-tapeism
  108. red-tapery
  109. release
  110. reprieve
  111. reserve
  112. respite
  113. retard
  114. retardance
  115. retardation
  116. ring
  117. ring off
  118. ring up
  119. rub
  120. ruling passion
  121. set aside
  122. set back
  123. set by
  124. shelve
  125. shift off
  126. slacken
  127. sleep on
  128. sling
  129. slow down
  130. slow-up
  131. slowdown
  132. slowness
  133. snag
  134. stand over
  135. stave off
  136. stay
  137. stay of execution
  138. stop
  139. stoppage
  140. stretch out
  141. stumbling block
  142. stumbling stone
  143. suspend
  144. suspension
  145. table
  146. take a recess
  147. telephone
  148. tic
  149. tie-up
  150. time lag
  151. wait
  152. waive

hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. break off
  2. break short
  3. cut short
  4. put back
  5. replace

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. ring off

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