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hang upon en · VERB
Meanings
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To regard with passionate affection.
Beshrew the eyes that hung upon his form on that day with a passionate, greedy, all-absorbing love!
1916, Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar, The Kural or the Maxims of Tiruvalluvar:
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To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest.
They hung upon his every word.
"It is quite five years since my eyes last hung upon your honorable face."
1906, Mary McNeil Fenollosa, The Dragon Painter:
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To hover around.
and it was therefore decided merely to take precautions against a raid, fortify certain points on the roads, and bring out a host of irregulars to hang upon the rear and flanks of the enemy
1919, Justin Harvey Smith, The War with Mexico:
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(idiomatic) To depend upon.
Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees.
Has it struck you that another life may hang upon your answer? As a rule men are loth to send their fathers to death
1901, H. Rider Haggard, Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch:
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