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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hang the moon en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (US, idiomatic) To place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.
    • Did you really think last night would last forever? Did you really think that guy hung the moon? Right now you hate yourself 'cause you know better But there's no use crying over spilled perfume. 1994, Pam Tillis, Dean Dillon, Spilled Perfume:
    • If I had two dozens roses and an older bottle of wine, If I really could have hung the moon, Would it change your mind? 1989, Mac McNally, Two Dozen Roses:
    • "Everybody in the 8th Wing thinks he hung the moon," says one of Olds's aviators. "We'd follow him anywhere." 1967 June 2, “The Old Man and the MIGs”, in Time:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hangs the moon Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hanging the moon Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hung the moon Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hung the moon Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

think one hung the moon