hang-up
Example Sentences
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Some idiot in the crowd shouted "Charlton! Hang up your boots!"
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023
If you get a call like this, the FBI’s advice is simple: Hang up and track down your son or daughter to confirm that the call was a scam.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
Hang up and contact your student loan servicer directly, Mr. Pierce said.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022
“Hang up. Hang up now. Touch nothing. If the lights are on, leave them. Lie down under the window and wait for them to go away.”
From Nature • Feb. 7, 2017
Hang up the giraffe—its chin will go over the hook comfortably enough.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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