hang up on

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to end a telephone call by suddenly and unexpectedly putting the telephone down

   Hello? Don't hang up on me!

In the movies · 9

• Hello? Don't hang up on me!GoodFellas1990
• I did call. You hung up on me, don't you remember?American Underdog2021
• The bitch hung up on me.Withnail & I1987
• Don't hang up on me!Scream1996
• Come on now, don't hang up on me.Into the Wild2007
• You can't even... Did you just hang up on me?American Ultra2015
• * Help me, help me * Hello. I'll just hang up on myself.Cheaper by the Dozen2003
• So, what's the hang-up on the new military bill?xXx: State of the Union2005

Learn it in full scenes

• GoodFellas1990
  • Henry Wants to Be a Gangster
  • Young Henry Gets Beaten and Recruited
  • Paulie's Protection Racket
• American Underdog2021
  • Kurt Warner's Impossible Dream
  • Kurt Learns to Dance for a Girl
  • Kurt Earns Brenda's Name

From the same entry

• hang a left
• hang by a hair
• hang in there
• hang on words every word
• hang tough
• let it all hang out
• in the balance
• hang fire
• hang on for grim death
• hang heavy
• hang loose

More phrasal verbs

• catch up with
• be cut out for
• sit up
• stand up to
• come together
• sit about
• go back to
• root for
• turn back
• go without
• take it out on
• take up