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hangs up one's hat

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

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

Words near hangs up one's hat in the dictionary

  1. hangs together
  2. hangs tough
  3. hangs up
  4. hangs up one's boots
  5. hangs up one's fiddle
  6. hangs up one's hat
  7. hangs up one's spurs
  8. hangs up the boots
  9. hangs upon
  10. hangs with
  11. hangs, draws and quarters

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