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hung up one's boots

hung up one's boots is the simple past and past participle of hang up one's boots.

Meaning of hang up one's boots

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to retire, call it a day (used especially in the context of sports).

Questions about hung up one's boots

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

Words near hung up one's boots in the dictionary

  1. hung the moon
  2. hung to
  3. hung together
  4. hung tough
  5. hung up
  6. hung up one's boots
  7. hung up one's fiddle
  8. hung up one's hat
  9. hung up one's spurs
  10. hung up the boots
  11. hung upon

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