H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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[hangover] {n.}
A bad feeling of nausea and/or headache the day after one has had too much to drink.
Boy, did I have a hangover after that party yesterday!
[hang over] {v.}
1. To be going to happen to; threaten.
Great trouble hangs over the little town because its only factory has closed down.
2. To remain to be finished or settled.
* /The committee took up the business that hung over from its last […]
[hang over one's head] {v. phr.}
To be a danger or threat to you. — An overused phrase.
Over Jimmy's head hung the teacher's suspicion that Jimmy had cheated in the final examination.
* /Death hangs over a bullfighter's head every time he […]
[hang ten] {v.}, {slang}
1. To be an outstanding performer on a surfboard or on a skateboard (referring to the user's ten toes).
I bet I am going to be able to hang ten if you let me practice on your skateboard.
2. To be a survivor despite great […]
[hang together] {v.}
1. To stay united; help and defend one another.
The club members always hung together when one of them was in trouble.
Syn.: [STICK TOGETHER].
Compare: [STAND BY], [STAND UP FOR].
2. {informal}
To form a satisfactory […]
[hang up] {v.}
1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger.
When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom.
2a. To place a telephone receiver back on its hook and break the connection.
* /Carol's mother told her she had […]
[hang-up] {n.}, {informal} (stress on "hang")
1. A delay in some process.
The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang-up with the trucks somewhere.
2. A neurotic reaction to some life situation probably stemming from a […]
[happen on] or [happen upon] {v.}, {literary}
To meet or find accidentally or by chance.
The Girl Scouts happened on a charming little brook not far from the camp.
At the convention I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years.
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