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hang-up

[hang-uhp] / ˈhæŋˌʌp /




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Some idiot in the crowd shouted "Charlton! Hang up your boots!"

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Hang up and contact your student loan servicer directly, Mr. Pierce said.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Hang up on any caller requesting payment in gift cards, wire transfers or cryptocurrency.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021

“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

“Oh, Lord! Not something else. Irene! Hang up and call them people at the Charity right now, honey.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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