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hanging up

verb as in set back

verb as in suspend

verb as in bog down

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He said his son was confused why he was being pulled over—other cars had been speeding by him—before hanging up the phone.

“Sorry—the privatization minister,” he said, hanging up, returning to our interview with an exasperated roll of the eyes.

Of all the rumors floating around about just why Pope Benedict XVI is hanging up his camauro, one has taken on a life of its own.

Why is a general so lionized hanging up his uniform for a back-bench position?

“I was in an orange jumpsuit and then after a month, they change it to khaki,” he tells me, hanging up the “Madonna” Gucci jacket.

"The cage is hanging up in my bedroom," said the Giantess, eating another biscuit.

Oak was amused, perhaps a little astonished, and hanging up the hat in his hut, went again among his ewes.

"That's what I call a nice warm welcome," the young man went on, following her into the hall and hanging up his hat.

I don't recall whether we came in together or whether she preceded me into the house while I finished hanging up the clothes.

After hanging up their garments to dry, the girls made coffee, sipping it luxuriously before the fire.

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On this page you'll find 306 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hang it up, such as: accomplish, achieve, clinch, close, complete, and conclude.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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