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hang up one's boots

hang up one's boots verb: to retire, call it a day (used especially in the context of sports).

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to retire, call it a day (used especially in the context of sports).

Synonyms of hang up one's boots

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Forms of hang up one's boots

third-person singular presenthangs up one's boots
present participlehanging up one's boots
past participlehung up one's boots
pasthung up one's boots

Questions about hang up one's boots

What does hang up one's boots mean?
Hang up one's boots means to retire, call it a day (used especially in the context of sports).
What part of speech is hang up one's boots?
Hang up one's boots is a verb.
What is the past tense of hang up one's boots?
The past tense of hang up one's boots is hung up one's boots.

Words near hang up one's boots in the dictionary

  1. hang times
  2. hang to
  3. hang together
  4. hang tough
  5. hang up
  6. hang up one's boots
  7. hang up one's fiddle
  8. hang up one's hat
  9. hang up one's spurs
  10. hang up the boots
  11. hang upon

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