hung up
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[edit]Verb
[edit]- simple past and past participle of hang up
Adjective
[edit]hung up (comparative more hung up, superlative most hung up)
- Having a hang-up, or emotional difficulty.
- Gee, why are you still so hung up about missing those end-of-year activities?
- 2011, Gotye, Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video] (yt):
- And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know [...]
- (baseball, of a runner, not comparable) In a position such that the path to the desired base is blocked by a fielder holding the ball; caught in a rundown.
- Snap throw to first, and they’ve got Sanchez hung up.