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to place on an elevated point without support from below
- he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play
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“Dangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dangle. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of dangle was in 1565
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