hang up

verb hangs up · hanging up · hung up

1. idiomatic, transitive To put up to hang. I hung up my wash on the line.
2. ambitransitive, idiomatic 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.

   Similar: ring off · Opposite: pick up the phone

3. figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive To stop talking.
4. colloquial, idiomatic, transitive To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck. Seeing you's all I've been thinking about. You know I wouldn't hang you up this way if it wasn't for a damned good reason.
5. idiomatic To rob or mug (someone).
6. idiomatic To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison. So call up Trudy on the telephone / Send her a letter in the mail / Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas / They won't let me out of this jail
7. idiomatic To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something). He hung up the flute after college.
8. idiomatic To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).