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hanging up one's hat

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

Meaning of hang up one's hat

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To end one's career.
    • The film even picks up with his colleagues at the university throwing him a retirement party, but it never explores how Indy feels about finally hanging up his hat as a professor.2023 June 28, Lauren Coates, “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny review: Harrison Ford goes to the whip”, in AV Club
  2. (idiomatic) To make oneself at home in someone's house.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, hat.

Questions about hanging up one's hat

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

Words near hanging up one's hat in the dictionary

  1. hanging tree
  2. hanging trees
  3. hanging up
  4. hanging up one's boots
  5. hanging up one's fiddle
  6. hanging up one's hat
  7. hanging up one's spurs
  8. hanging up the boots
  9. hanging upon
  10. hanging valley
  11. hanging valleys

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