Meaning of hang one's hat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To reside; to call a place home.
   US, idiomatic
2. To identify with; to be.
   broadly

Examples

“But all my ex’s live in Texas And that’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee”

““Where does Hobart hang his hat?” Slocum asked. “His spread's up north, east of the Chugwater, and maybe north some.””

“I try not to make simplistic judgements on people these days. Especially over matters as trivial as where they hang their sexual hat.”

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