Synonyms for hang-up
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1. hang-upnoun

   an emotional preoccupation

   Synonyms:
   hitch, snag, rub

2. hang-up, hitch, rub, snagverb

   an unforeseen obstacle

   Synonyms:
   rent, split, enlistment, preventative, term of enlistment, duty tour, stay, preventive, tear, wipe, limp, hitch, tour, interference, stoppage, check, tour of duty, hinderance, incumbrance, hobble, snag, halt, encumbrance, hindrance, rip, stop, arrest, rub

3. hang upverb

   put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

   Synonyms:
   hang, hang up

4. hang, hang upverb

   cause to be hanging or suspended

   "Hang that picture on the wall"

   Synonyms:
   fall, advert, string up, cling, attend, give ear, flow, hang up, pay heed, hang

5. hang upverb

   interrupt a telephone conversation

   Synonyms:
   hang, hang up

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1. Jane Slusser:

   We are seeing shortages again, folks who have been doing it for 40 years are starting to hang up their hats. We're also seeing that there's a lack of awareness that this is an issue. In presidential years, people think a lot about elections. In midterm elections, people think less about this.

2. Becki Falwell:

   Hang up the goddamn phone, hang up the phone, Jerry!

3. Patricia Kim:

   I think the President Joe Biden administration has tried to distinguish its North Korea policy by making the case that it's not interested in flashy summits or grand bargains, but that it wants to take a practical and calibrated approach to build towards the complete denuclearization of North Korea, i think the hang up, of course, is not so much Patricia Kim policy, but the fact that North Korea seems to have zero interest in talking about denuclearization.

4. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid:

   Well I have a lot of bad habits, one of them is my telephone manner, as everybody will say. When the conversation is over, I hang up. I've offended people, I don't mean to. But there's no need to talk anymore, The conversation is over.

5. Zinaida Alexandrova:

   I used to hang up because the numbers were unfamiliar. What if it was the SBU (Ukrainian security service) making threats? I have no contact with anyone. How would I know it was Sasha?