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Meaning of hang upon | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To regard with passionate affection.
To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest.
To hover around.
To depend upon.
idiomatic

Equivalents

Ελληνικά κρεμάω

Latviešu klausīties

Examples

“They hung upon his every word.”

“to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy”

“Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

hang with hang-glide hang-glided hang-glides hang, draw and quarter hang'd

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