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hang it

hang it interjection: dang; darn (a mild expression of contempt).

Interjection

  1. (dated, euphemistic) dang; darn (a mild expression of contempt)
    • "Hang it, you might say I only took her on out of kindness - poor woman having to put up with a beetling bughound like Peabody. But it's taught me a lesson; no more kindness to married women."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82
    • If it had been a day or two earlier, I don't know what I'd have done - very likely the same in the end - but this day I could at least tell myself: "Well, hang it, there can't be a lot of harm if I use common sense. After all, the bandages are due to come off today. I'll risk it."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 15

Questions about hang it

What does hang it mean?
Hang it means dang; darn (a mild expression of contempt).
What part of speech is hang it?
Hang it is an interjection.

Words near hang it in the dictionary

  1. hang gliding
  2. Hang Hau
  3. hang heavy
  4. hang in
  5. hang in the balance
  6. hang it
  7. hang loose
  8. hang loose sign
  9. hang loose signs
  10. hang low
  11. hang me

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