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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hang up
    v 1: put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
    2: cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the
       wall" [syn: hang, hang up]
    3: interrupt a telephone conversation

Thesaurus Results for hang up:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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