hang one's hat

Verb

hang one's hat (third-person singular simple present hangs one's hat, present participle hanging one's hat, simple past and past participle hung one's hat)

1. (US, idiomatic) To reside; to call a place home.
   • But all my ex’s live in Texas
     And that’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee1987 April, Sanger and Linda Shafer (authors), George Strait (singer), “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”, MCA Records
   • “Where does Hobart hang his hat?” Slocum asked.
     “His spread's up north, east of the Chugwater, and maybe north some.”2003, Jake Logan, chapter 10, in Slocum and the Undertakers, →ISBN
2. (broadly) To identify with; to be.
   • I try not to make simplistic judgements on people these days. Especially over matters as trivial as where they hang their sexual hat.2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 252