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Definitions

leave hanging

VERB
quit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depart drop drop out give up go pull out relinquish renounce retire surrender vacate withdraw
STRONG
abdicate blow book decamp desert evacuate exit forsake resign yield
WEAK
bow out check out cut out get off go away from hang it up leave flat push off run out on take a walk take off throw over walk out on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allow begin continue enter join stay
STRONG
arrive come in
WEAK
come complete do finish persevere remain

Example Sentences

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Blaiklock said the court shouldn’t leave hanging a potential legal dispute over whether differing actions by the governor or Legislature would prevail during a future emergency.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Blumberg said that for lifers, commutation is preferable because it doesn’t leave hanging the threat of a return to life in prison for a violation of release conditions.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2018

However, the court's action did leave hanging two other emerging church-state issues.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cover all over with ground black pepper, mixed to a paste with molasses, canvas and leave hanging.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha

Mrs. Marshall-Smith had stopped to listen in the midst of the exhausting toil of telling Hélène which dresses to pack and which to leave hanging in the Lydford house.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

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