"hang over" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hangs over [present, singular, third-person], hanging over [participle, present], hung over [participle, past], hung over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hang<,,hung> over}} hang over (third-person singular simple present hangs over, present participle hanging over, simple past and past participle hung over)
  1. (transitive) To be threatening, to be imminent. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hang_over-en-verb-3ROjHMkm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over)

Inflected forms

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