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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 hang: hang on, hang out.

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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