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. Tina Garcia:

   We were not going to hang up this phone on the young lady, as far as I was concerned, the people in that room -- we were the only lifeline.

2. 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.

3. Kevin Mofield:

   I make phone calls, they put me on hold and then hang up, no paper work, no nothing. We need answers.

4. Sally Pearson:

   After 16 years of being on the Australian team it's time to hang up the spikes, every time I want to go fast the body doesn't want to. So I don't think I could take anymore injuries and I have huge doubts for the next year for me to be able to continue at the level that I expect of myself ...

5. Jeff Levenson:

   I had never heard of MrBeast, so I almost hung up. But I gratefully did not hang up.