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hung one's hat on

hung one's hat on is the simple past and past participle of hang one's hat on.

Meaning of hang one's hat on

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To accept or recognize as reliable, tangible, or factual; to depend on.
    • "You can't hang your hat on a nonbinding letter of intent."1998 October 16, Saul Hansell, “Zap, a Nervy Internet Venture, Is Zapped”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Nov 2015

Questions about hung one's hat on

What is hung one's hat on the simple past and past participle of?
Hung one's hat on is the simple past and past participle of hang one's hat on.

Words near hung one's hat on in the dictionary

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

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