hang up

• Partikelverb, das das Beenden eines Telefongesprächs durch Auflegen des Hörers oder Drücken einer Taste bezeichnet sowie das Aufhängen von etwas an einen Haken oder eine Stange.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of ending a telephone call by replacing the receiver or pressing a button, or to suspend something from a hook or hanger.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. End a phone callinformal

   To end a telephone conversation by replacing the receiver or pressing a button.

   Auflegen

   • She hung up the phone after saying goodbye.
   • He hung up on me in the middle of our conversation.
   • Please don't hang up; I have one more thing to say.

   Synonymedisconnect

2. Suspend from a hookformal

   To place something on a hook or hanger so that it is suspended.

   Aufhängen

   • He hung up his coat on the rack by the door.
   • She hung up the picture on the wall.
   • Please hang up your towel after using it.

   Synonymehanghooksuspend

Grundverbhang