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to hang washing out to dry

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  • hang something out — ˌhang sthˈout derived (especially BrE) to attach things that you have washed to a piece of thin rope or wire, etc. outside so that they can dry; to attach sth such as a flag outside a window or in the street • Have you hung the washing out? •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hang out to dry —    American    to be exposed publicly to protect others    Left on the washing line:     Mitchell and Dean gave him assurances that he wouldn t be left to hang out to dry. (Colodny and Gettlin, 1991)    Whence a hang out, such a stratagem:     Is …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • hang out to dry — verb a) To attach washing to a clothesline to dry. Without supplemental health insurance, we would have been hung out to dry. b) To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent …   Wiktionary

  • hang — hang1 W2S1 [hæŋ] v past tense and past participle hung [hʌŋ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(top part fastened)¦ 2¦(picture etc)¦ 3¦(kill/be killed)¦ 4¦(paper)¦ 5¦(door)¦ 6¦(mist/smoke/smell)¦ 7 hang open 8 hang in the balance 9 hang by a thread …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hang — 1 verb past tense and past participle hung /h / 1 HANG FROM ABOVE a) (T) to fix or put something in a position so that the bottom part is free to move and does not touch the ground: Hang your coat on the hook. b) (intransitive always + adv/prep)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hang out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hang out clothes that you have washed, you hang them on a clothes line to dry. [V n P] I was worried I wouldn t be able to hang my washing out. [Also V P n (not pron)] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you hang out in a particular place… …   English dictionary

  • hang — ► VERB (past and past part. hung except in sense 2) 1) suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached. 2) (past and past part. hanged) kill or be killed by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the… …   English terms dictionary

  • put out — phrasal verb I UK / US adjective [never before noun] annoyed, offended, or upset by something that someone has said or done She was feeling extremely put out by his rudeness. II Word forms put out : present tense I/you/we/they put out he/she/it… …   English dictionary

  • Ascension Day —    This marks the ascension of Christ into heaven, and being the fortieth day after Easter Sunday it always falls on a Thursday (hence its other name, Holy Thursday), though the actual date changes yearly. A custom of processing around the parish …   A Dictionary of English folklore

  • Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

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