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hung up one's hat

hung up one's hat is the simple past and past participle 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 hung up one's hat

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

Words near hung up one's hat in the dictionary

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

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