hang up

電話を切る

電話での会話を終える。

やさしい英語で： To end a phone call.

• Please do not hang up.
• He said goodbye and hung up.
• Why did you hang up on me?

使い方： hang up on someone (He hung up on me before I finished speaking.); hang something up (She hung the phone up.)

類義語： end the call, ring off

よく使う表現： hang up now, hang up on someone, hang something up

掛ける、干す

物をフックやひもなどに留めて、ぶら下がるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To attach something to a hook, line, or other support so it hangs.

• Hang up your coat, please.
• She hung the washing up outside.
• Have you hung up the picture yet?

使い方： hang something up (Hang your coat up by the door.)

類義語： hang

よく使う表現： hang up something, hang something up, hang up clothes

遅らせる、停滞させる

物事を遅らせたり、先に進まなくしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To delay something or keep it from moving forward.

• Missing paperwork hung up the sale.
• The project was hung up by a legal dispute.
• Our order is still hung up in customs.

使い方： hang something up (A missing signature hung the payment up.); be hung up in/on something (The proposal is hung up in committee.)

類義語： delay, hold up, stall

よく使う表現： hang up something, hang something up, hang up approval

やめる、引退する

特に長く続けてきたスポーツや仕事などをやめる。

やさしい英語で： To stop doing an activity, especially a sport or job you have done for a long time.

• He decided to hang up his boxing gloves.
• She hung up her racing helmet last year.
• After his final match, he will hang up his boots.

使い方： hang up + equipment (After thirty years, the boxer hung up his gloves.)

類義語： quit, give up, retire from

よく使う表現： hang up something, hang up boots, hang up gloves

黙る、話すのをやめる

話すのをやめたり、ある話題を持ち出すのをやめたりする。

やさしい英語で： To stop speaking or bringing up a subject.

• You have said enough; hang up now.
• He finally hung up after a long speech.
• Will you hang up and let someone else speak?

類義語： stop talking, fall silent

よく使う表現： hang up now, hang up already

金品を奪う、強盗を働く

人を襲ったり脅したりして、金や持ち物を奪う。

やさしい英語で： To attack or threaten someone and steal their money or belongings.

• The thieves hung him up and stole his purse.
• Armed men hung up travelers on that lonely road.
• They planned to hang up the merchant near the bridge.

使い方： hang someone up (The thieves hung the traveler up on the road.)

類義語： rob, mug, hold up

よく使う表現： hang up someone, hang someone up