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HANG UP
#Meaning - If you hang up, you end a telephone call by breaking the connection between yourself and the person you are speaking to.
#Grammar - This phrasal verb does not usually have an object (except telephone or phone). You can separate the verb from its particle, but not if the object is a pronoun.
She hung up - RIGHT
She hung up the telephone - RIGHT (this is rare)
She hung the phone up - RIGHT (this is rare)
She hung up it - WRONG
#Example sentence: How rude - I was in the middle of telling her a story and she just hung up!
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#Synonyms: ring off
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HANG UP
#Meaning - If you hang up, you end a telephone call by breaking the connection between yourself and the person you are speaking to.
#Grammar - This phrasal verb does not usually have an object (except telephone or phone). You can separate the verb from its particle, but not if the object is a pronoun.
She hung up - RIGHT
She hung up the telephone - RIGHT (this is rare)
She hung the phone up - RIGHT (this is rare)
She hung up it - WRONG
#Example sentence: How rude - I was in the middle of telling her a story and she just hung up!
_____________________
#Synonyms: ring off
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For more on this topic: http://bit.ly/faceuptophrasals
#phrasalverbs #learningenglish #learnenglish #learn #learning #phrasal
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