See hang upon on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "hangs upon",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hanging upon",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hung upon",
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}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"glosses": [
"To regard with passionate affection."
],
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},
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"text": "They hung upon his every word.",
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"To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest."
],
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{
"text": "to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy",
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"glosses": [
"To hover around."
],
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]
],
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"(military) To hover around."
],
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"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
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{
"text": "Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To depend upon."
],
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"(idiomatic) To depend upon."
],
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"word": "hang on"
}
],
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"word": "hang on"
}
],
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}
],
"word": "hang upon"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs formed with \"upon\"",
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],
"forms": [
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"form": "hangs upon",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hanging upon",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hung upon",
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"participle",
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{
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"To regard with passionate affection."
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"text": "They hung upon his every word.",
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"To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest."
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"interest",
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"To hover around."
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"(military) To hover around."
],
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"government",
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"war"
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{
"text": "Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To depend upon."
],
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"(idiomatic) To depend upon."
],
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"word": "hang on"
}
],
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}
],
"word": "hang upon"
}
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