hung-up
beset with psychological problems.
worried; anxious; concerned.
Words Nearby hung-up
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How to use hung-up in a sentence
But being hung up on before having chance to tell the unnamed desk sergeant I was with the fourth estate is not the norm.
Schools are more than happy to help players bulk up but nothing is done to help them slim down after the cleats get hung up.
College Football Fattens Players Up and Then Abandons Them | Evin Demirel | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the time they hung up their Union Jack dresses in 2000, the Spice Girls had sold over 55 million records worldwide.
Bucca hung up the phone and started up the stairway with fellow fire marshal John Devery.
The Flying New York Fireman Who Shined on 9/11 | Michael Daly | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRobyn still thinks of the ex-boyfriend who hung up on her when she disclosed her status.
He carefully upset three dinner pails from the shelves in the rear as he hung up his hat.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydA few may always be seen, however, hung up in the market with the Common Snipes through the autumn and winter.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil SmithAnd then he hung up, left the station to vanish into the murk of the rain swept night.
The wet uniforms were hung up to dry, Mr. Darwood in the meantime lending the lads some other garments.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall | Arthur M. WinfieldWhen it has had its first sweat, it is hung up on racks; and here Mr. Culp's process is peculiar.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
Other Idioms and Phrases with hung-up
see under hang up.
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