hang up
145 synonyms found
- adjourn
- afterthought
- bind
- block
- blockade
- blockage
- blow up
- bog down
- bottleneck
- bureaucratic delay
- buzz
- call
- call up
- come to nothing
- complex
- compulsion
- continue
- cordon
- decelerate
- defer
- delay
- delayage
- delayed reaction
- detain
- detention
- determent
- deterrent
- dial
- double take
- drag out
- dragging
- drawback
- explode
- extend
- fail miserably
- fascination
- fasten up
- fixation
- fixed idea
- fizz out
- fizzle
- fizzle out
- get nowhere
- give a ring
- go phut
- halt
- hang
- hang fire
- hazard
- hindrance
- hitch
- hold off
- hold over
- hold the phone
- hold up
- holdup
- hurdle
- hypercathexis
- idee fixe
- interim
- irresistible impulse
- jam
- joker
- lag
- lagging
- lay aside
- lay by
- lay over
- listen in
- logjam
- make a call
- mire
- misfire
- monomania
- moratorium
- morbid drive
- obsession
- obsessive compulsion
- obstacle
- obstruction
- obstructive
- one small difficulty
- paperasserie
- phone
- pigeonhole
- poop out
- possession
- postpone
- preoccupation
- prepossession
- prolong
- prorogate
- prorogue
- protract
- push aside
- put aside
- put off
- put on ice
- put up
- recess
- red tape
- red-tapeism
- red-tapery
- reprieve
- reserve
- respite
- retard
- retardance
- retardation
- ring
- ring off
- ring up
- rub
- ruling passion
- set aside
- set back
- set by
- shelve
- shift off
- slacken
- sleep on
- sling
- slow down
- slow-up
- slowdown
- slowness
- snag
- stand over
- stave off
- stay
- stay of execution
- stoppage
- stretch out
- stumbling block
- stumbling stone
- suspend
- suspension
- table
- take a recess
- telephone
- tic
- tie-up
- time lag
- wait
- waive
Definition
(v) :
to put up to hang; to terminate a phone call
"when my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her"