"hang one's hat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hang one's hat.ogg [Australia] Forms: hangs one's hat [present, singular, third-person], hanging one's hat [participle, present], hung one's hat [participle, past], hung one's hat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hang<,,hung> one's hat}} hang one's hat (third-person singular simple present hangs one's hat, present participle hanging one's hat, simple past and past participle hung one's hat)
  1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) To reside; to call a place home. Tags: US, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hang_one's_hat-en-verb-oYYK59Pp Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
  2. (by extension) To identify with; to be. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-hang_one's_hat-en-verb-jgf21Qjc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: home is where you hang your hat, hang one's hat on

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