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• hang out the besom —    obsolete    to live riotously during your wife s absence    A besom is a broom, once the preferred mode of transportation of witches, the aged menial who wielded it, and, in the 19th century, a prostitute because A girl described as a besom… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line — is a popular song written by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, whilst he was a Captain in the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of the Second World War. The Siegfried Line was a chain of fortifications along Germany s Western… …   Wikipedia

• To hang out the white flag — Flag Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [1913 Webster] 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hang out a shingle — hang (out/up) a shingle ► to advertise your services or to start a business as a professional : »Several independent advisers have hung a shingle on the internet. »The two lawyers hung out their shingle in Miami in 1987. Main Entry: ↑shingle …   Financial and business terms

• hang out/up a shingle — hang (out/up) a shingle ► to advertise your services or to start a business as a professional : »Several independent advisers have hung a shingle on the internet. »The two lawyers hung out their shingle in Miami in 1987. Main Entry: ↑shingle …   Financial and business terms

• hang-out loan — UK US noun [C] US FINANCE ► an amount of money you still owe on a loan at the end of the period in which you agreed to pay it back …   Financial and business terms

• hang in the balance — If an outcome is hanging in the balance, there are at least two possibilities and it is impossible to predict which will win out …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• hang out — verb spend time in a certain location or with certain people She hangs out at the corner cafe • Derivationally related forms: ↑hangout • Hypernyms: ↑frequent, ↑haunt • Verb Frames: Somebody s …   Useful english dictionary

• hang out — phrasal verb Word forms hang out : present tense I/you/we/they hang out he/she/it hangs out present participle hanging out past tense hung out past participle hung out 1) [intransitive] to lean out of a window so that the top part of your body is …   English dictionary

• hang-out — n haunt, den, meeting place, home, patch, local, stamping ground COLLOQ. dive, joint, watering hole * * * ▶ noun HAUNT, stamping ground, favourite spot, meeting place, territory; den, refuge, retreat; N. Amer. stomping ground. * * * ˈhang 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