Hang up meaning
Hang up is a phrasal verb that means to end a phone call by putting down the phone.
- Past simple
- hung up
- Past participle
- hung up
- -ing form
- hanging up
What hang up means
B1
To end a phone call by putting down the phone
She hung up before I could reply.
Similar phrasal verbs
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does hang up mean?
To end a phone call by putting down the phone.
What is the past tense of hang up?
Hung up, which is also its past participle.
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