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What does "hang up" mean here?
"It's kind of hard to hang up the 45 years of your life."
I heard someone saying this on his retiring day.
What does "hang up" mean here?
"It's kind of hard to hang up the 45 years of your life."
I heard someone saying this on his retiring day.
"It's kind of hard to hang up the 45 years of your life."
I heard someone saying this on his retiring day.
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It means to leave behind. To close the chapter of his life. He is retiring from a job after many years. It's like being on the phone and then it's time to say goodbye and hang up the phone. His time at the job is over.
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