hung one on
hung one on is the simple past and past participle 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)
- 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
- To fight or beat up (someone).
- To burden or assign a take to (someone).
Questions about hung one on
- What is hung one on the simple past and past participle of?
- Hung one on is the simple past and past participle of hang one on.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hung 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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