hung up on
Example Sentences
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Some have reported being hung up on when a 988 counselor misinterpreted their silence to mean they’d walked away.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The authors were too hung up on facts over insights, he argued.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
The tide was lower than expected, so the landing craft were hung up on a reef.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
It doesn’t pay to get too hung up on price-to-earnings multiples, he says, because the trading range for stock earnings multiples has shifted higher, quite possibly permanently.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 4, 2025
He did not say anything about Ralph’s having hung up on him before.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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