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hang paper

hang paper verb: to write a bad check.

Verb

hang paper (third-person singular simple present hangs paper, present participle hanging paper, simple past and past participle hung paper)

  1. (slang) To write a bad check.
    • He's been hanging paper all over town: nobody wants to even talk to him any more.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: install wallpaper.

Forms of hang paper

third-person singular presenthangs paper
present participlehanging paper
past participlehung paper
pasthung paper

Questions about hang paper

What does hang paper mean?
Hang paper means to write a bad check.
What part of speech is hang paper?
Hang paper is a verb.
What is the past tense of hang paper?
The past tense of hang paper is hung paper.

Words near hang paper in the dictionary

  1. hang out
  2. hang out one's shingle
  3. hang out to dry
  4. hang over
  5. hang over someone's head
  6. hang paper
  7. hang round
  8. hang ten
  9. hang tens
  10. hang the moon
  11. hang tight

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