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hangs off

hangs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang off.

Meaning of hang off

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To hold back; to resist moving forward with something despite pressure or intention to do so; to delay, wait or stay behind.
    • I think we should hang off on that section until we have more data.
  2. (informal, obsolete) To be avoidant or disinterested.

Questions about hangs off

What is hangs off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hangs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang off.

Words near hangs off in the dictionary

  1. hangs heavy
  2. hangs in
  3. hangs in the balance
  4. hangs loose
  5. hangs low
  6. hangs off
  7. hangs on
  8. hangs on by a thread
  9. hangs on every word
  10. hangs one on
  11. hangs one's hat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hangs off (page history and authors); hang off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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