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hangs one's hat

hangs one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hangs one's hat

What is hangs one's hat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hangs one's hat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang one's hat.

Words near hangs one's hat in the dictionary

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

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