Definition of "hang up" in English

Verb

1. To put up to hang.

   • I hung up my wash on the line.

2. To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.

   • When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.

3. To stop talking.

4. To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.

5. To rob or mug (someone).

6. To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.

7. To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).

   • He hung up the flute after college.
   • I think it's time to hang it up.

8. To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).