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idiomhang your hat1 if you hang your hat somewhere, you live or stay there:She is looking for somewhere to hang her hat, now that her twenty-year marriage has ended.Richards writes about Georgia, the part of America where he was born and raised and still hangs his hat.2 if you hang your hat on something, you depend on it in order to achieve something or to make a decision:There must be something in state law we can hang our hat on, to prevent the casino from being built here.A very experienced politician once told me never to hang my hat on opinion polls.
hang (up) (one's) hatTo live somewhere; to take up residence. I'm originally from the East Coast, but I hang my hat in San Francisco these days. I've been traveling around the world for so long that it feels strange to finally have a place to hang up my hat. hang your hat be resident. North American informal 2001 Kevin Sampson Outlaws End of the day though it ain't the Royal and that is where I want to hang my hat. |