Hang+out

  • 31hang out your shingle — hang out (your) shingle American to start your own business, especially as a doctor or a lawyer. He hung out his shingle in Brandon many years ago, and has been a lawyer there ever since …

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  • 32hang out shingle — hang out (your) shingle American to start your own business, especially as a doctor or a lawyer. He hung out his shingle in Brandon many years ago, and has been a lawyer there ever since …

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  • 33hang-out loan — UK US noun [C] US FINANCE ► an amount of money you still owe on a loan at the end of the period in which you agreed to pay it back …

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  • 34hang out to dry —    American    to be exposed publicly to protect others    Left on the washing line:     Mitchell and Dean gave him assurances that he wouldn t be left to hang out to dry. (Colodny and Gettlin, 1991)    Whence a hang out, such a stratagem:     Is …

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  • 35hang out to dry — phrasal : to leave stranded in a hopeless or dangerous situation * * * hang (someone or something) out to dry see hang out at ↑hang, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dry …

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  • 36Hang out for — 1. remain adamant in expectation of (a goal, reward, etc.): I ll hang out for a higher price before I ll sell; hangin out for the Chilli Peppers concert 2. be in need of; crave: He s hanging out for a coffee …

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  • 37hang out for — Australian Slang 1. remain adamant in expectation of (a goal, reward, etc.): I ll hang out for a higher price before I ll sell; hangin out for the Chilli Peppers concert 2. be in need of; crave: He s hanging out for a coffee …

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  • 38hang out the besom —    obsolete    to live riotously during your wife s absence    A besom is a broom, once the preferred mode of transportation of witches, the aged menial who wielded it, and, in the 19th century, a prostitute because A girl described as a besom… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 39hang out one's shingle — verb to open an office or business, especially in a profession. Shes good enough at fixing vacuum cleaners that she should hang out her shingle and try making some money at it. Syn: set up shop …

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  • 40hang out one's shingle — notify the public of the opening of an office especially a doctor s or lawyer s office He has decided to hang out his own shingle now that he has graduated from law school …

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