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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Dawan said the principal hung up the phone, but didn't realize the line was still connected.
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Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Pozner doesn’t think many news organizations will get hung up on moral reservations this time, either.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Basically, Ron had a plan to confront the controversial mayor at the event with questions about the Tecca conspiracy, but got hung up at a party.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2025
Joseph Filardi got the Orange on the board with a six-yard touchdown run in a game in which the Fighting Irish hung up 35 first-quarter points and led 49-0 at the half, with their first three scores coming from a pair of pick-sixes and a punt return score.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
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Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Pozner doesn’t think many news organizations will get hung up on moral reservations this time, either.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Basically, Ron had a plan to confront the controversial mayor at the event with questions about the Tecca conspiracy, but got hung up at a party.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2025
Joseph Filardi got the Orange on the board with a six-yard touchdown run in a game in which the Fighting Irish hung up 35 first-quarter points and led 49-0 at the half, with their first three scores coming from a pair of pick-sixes and a punt return score.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Hung up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20up. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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