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  • 81hang gliding — the sport of launching oneself from a cliff or a steep incline and soaring through the air by means of a hang glider. [1970 75] * * * Sport of flying in unpowered aircraft that are light enough to be carried by the pilot. Takeoff is usually… …

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  • 82hang loose — phrasal : to remain calm and unruffled decided to hang loose and risk it Cyra McFadden * * * hang loose (slang) 1. To do nothing 2. To be relaxed • • • Main Entry: ↑hang * * * hang/ …

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  • 83Hang Tough — Infobox Gladiators Event Event Name = Hang Tough| |thumb width = 320px c Int. Year = 1990 origin country= flag|United States Used In = flag|United States flag|United Kingdom flag|Australia flag|Nigeria flag|Denmark flag|Finland flag|Sweden… …

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  • 84hang up — 1) see hang 1) 2) PHRASAL VERB If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone call. If you hang up on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly. [V P n (not pron)] Mum hung up the phone …

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  • 85hang up — phrasal verb Word forms hang up : present tense I/you/we/they hang up he/she/it hangs up present participle hanging up past tense hung up past participle hung up 1) [intransitive] to stop using a telephone at the end of a conversation Greg hung… …

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  • 86Hang Ten — Hanging Ten is a surfing maneuver, considered one of the most impressive and iconic stunts one can perform with a surfboard. Hanging ten is when the surfer positions the surfboard in such a way that the back of it is covered by the wave and the… …

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  • 87Hang Fire — Infobox Single Name = Hang Fire Artist = Rolling Stones from Album = Tattoo You Released = April, 1982 Format = CD, 7 Recorded = 1977/1978, re recorded 1981 Genre = Rock Length = 2 20 Label = Rolling Stones/Virgin Writer = Jagger/Richards… …

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  • 88hang — [OE] Hang is a general Germanic verb, represented also in German and Dutch hangen and Swedish hānga. These point back to a prehistoric Germanic *khang , which some have linked with the Latin verb cunctārī ‘deal’. Hanker [17] (which originally… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 89hang\ up — v 1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger. When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom. 2a. To place a telephone receiver back on its hook and break the connection. Carol s mother told her she had talked long enough… …

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  • 90hang on — 1. to hold on tightly. Firefighters used to hang on to the back of the fire truck as it raced to a fire. 2. to wait. Excuse me, wait a minute! Verna, can you hang on just a second? I ll be right back. Usage notes: often used when you are talking… …

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