hang up
To place on a hook, peg, or hanger.
When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom.
Would you like me to hang up your coat for you in the closet?
To place a telephone receiver back on its hook and break the connection.
Carol's mother told her she had talked long enough on the phone and made her hang up.
The operator told me to hang the phone up and call the number again.
To put a phone receiver back on its hook while the other person is still talking. Used with on.
I said something that made Joe angry, and he hung up on me.
To cause to be stuck or held so as to be immovable. Usually used in the passive.
Ann's car was hung up in a snowdrift and she had to call a garageman to get it out.
To stick or get held so as to be immovable.
A big passenger ship hung up on a sandbar for several hours.
To cause a wait; delay.
Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illness of some of the actors.
To set (a record.)
Bob hung up a school record for long distance swimming.