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hang up one's hat en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To end one's career.
The film even picks up with his colleagues at the university throwing him a retirement party, but it never explores how Indy feels about finally hanging up his hat as a professor.
2023 June 28, Lauren Coates, “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny review: Harrison Ford goes to the whip”, in AV Club:
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(idiomatic) To make oneself at home in someone's house.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, hat.
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hang up one's boots