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hangs one on

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

Meaning of hang one on

Verb

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

  1. (dated, slang) To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk.
    • We get along good all the time, me and the missus, but honest to God I wish she would let me alone for at least an hour in the morning until I pull myself together if I hung one on the night before.1952, The New Yorker (volume 28, part 4, page 28)
    Synonyms:
    tie one on
  2. (dated, slang) To fight or beat up (someone).
  3. (slang) To burden or assign a take to (someone).

Questions about hangs one on

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

Words near hangs one on in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hangs one on (page history and authors); hang one on (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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