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go hang

idiom
Meaning

To be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.


Examples
SIMPLE

I told him to go hang and walked away.

CONTEXTUAL

After he insulted my hard work for the last time, I told him to go hang.

COMPLEX

He realized that his former associates had decided to let his desperate pleas go hang, leaving him to face the consequences alone.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

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