hung up
adjective
1
: delayed or detained for a time
2
: anxiously nervous
3
: having great or excessive interest in or preoccupation with someone or something
—usually used with on
they broke up but he's still hung up on her
hung up on winning
Examples of hung up in a Sentence
Many people are hung up about their physical appearance.
parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college
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Just then the lights in the apartment flicked off and on, then off again, leaving them in the dark, so Louise hung up.
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Whoever answered the phone at a sister Salmos hung up.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
One owner with his own architect filed his initial application in May and was hung up in planning until March.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Dominick hung up his chef's coat in New York and came home to modernize the recipe.
—Edie Kasten, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Whoever answered the phone at a sister Salmos hung up.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
One owner with his own architect filed his initial application in May and was hung up in planning until March.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Dominick hung up his chef's coat in New York and came home to modernize the recipe.
—Edie Kasten, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hung up
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“Hung up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20up. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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