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hanging one's hat

hanging one's hat is the present participle and gerund of hang one's hat.

Meaning of 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
  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

Questions about hanging one's hat

What is hanging one's hat the present participle and gerund of?
Hanging one's hat is the present participle and gerund of hang one's hat.

Words near hanging one's hat in the dictionary

  1. hanging offenses
  2. hanging on
  3. hanging on by a thread
  4. hanging on every word
  5. hanging one on
  6. hanging one's hat
  7. hanging one's hat on
  8. hanging one's head
  9. hanging one's lip
  10. hanging onto
  11. hanging out

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