Read full poem →number sign (#) and wait for an announcement, then touch in
the next number you want to call. You cannot hang up the
receiver between calls, or you will have to begif again.
Dictionary Entry
To put up to hang.
In a Sentence
“I hung up my wash on the line.”
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Poetry examples for “hang up”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →make sure you are not charged for the call. You will not be charged if you
hang up before you dial the complete number or if the telephone number
you dial is busy or does not answer. If you need assistance dial the Opera-
Read full poem →You will know when the telephone you have called begins to ring, by the ringing signal, a ‘‘burring’’ tone
repeated at regular intervals. Let it go on at least a minute before you hang up. That will give the person you
Read full poem →out-of-town call, ask the operator when you
make the call. After you hang up the receiver,
the operator will compute the charge and call
Read full poem →If you make an error in dialing, hang up
for a few seconds and begin again.
Read full poem →has stopped, then tell the party that you have
interfered with his call, and hang up.
Read full poem →out-of-town call, ask the operator when you
make the call. After you hang up the receiver,
the operator will compute the charge and call
Read full poem →were Secretaries at the UN and maybe he had taken one of them out
at one time. I let him hang up first, and then I hung up and lay back
in the pillows, feeling grim.