"hang-up" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "hang-ups",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Nic Fleming, at BBC, Sex Lessons, British Style",
          "text": "We’re said to have so many hang-ups that we don’t even talk about sex until we’re in the pub, and to need to be blind drunk before anything approaching physical contact occurs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 30, Rosanna Greenstreet, quoting Bertie Carvel, “Bertie Carvel: ‘I have hang-ups left over from childhood about my body’”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "I have hang-ups left over from childhood about my body. My wife sometimes reminds me that, instead of saying, “I want to be thin”, I could say, “I want to be happy”, which is profoundly good advice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 26, Jonathan Jones, “Zombie workers and sexual hang-ups: how Edvard Munch foresaw our lonely lives – review”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "As if the overpowering sense of grief wasn’t enough, Munch’s art unashamedly confesses to massive sexual hangups.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 13, Pamela Stephenson Connolly, “How can I help my partner get over his hangups? Letting him have sex with other men isn’t working”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "How can I help my partner get over his hangups? Letting him have sex with other men isn’t working [title]",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex."
      ],
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          "emotional",
          "emotional"
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          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ],
        [
          "psychological",
          "psychological"
        ],
        [
          "inhibition",
          "inhibition"
        ],
        [
          "complex",
          "complex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "neurosis"
        },
        {
          "word": "obsession"
        }
      ],
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        "informal"
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        {
          "ref": "2022 August 14, Adam Morton, “Australia has a steep hill to climb on electric cars – but if ever there was a time, it’s now”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Consumers say yes, the numbers add up, industry is largely on board and Labor has no policy hang-ups. This week could be the turning point[.]",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch or delay."
      ],
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          "unforeseen",
          "unforeseen"
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          "obstacle",
          "obstacle"
        ],
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          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "hitch",
          "hitch"
        ],
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hangup"
    }
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  "word": "hang-up"
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    "English nouns"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Nic Fleming, at BBC, Sex Lessons, British Style",
          "text": "We’re said to have so many hang-ups that we don’t even talk about sex until we’re in the pub, and to need to be blind drunk before anything approaching physical contact occurs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 30, Rosanna Greenstreet, quoting Bertie Carvel, “Bertie Carvel: ‘I have hang-ups left over from childhood about my body’”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "I have hang-ups left over from childhood about my body. My wife sometimes reminds me that, instead of saying, “I want to be thin”, I could say, “I want to be happy”, which is profoundly good advice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 26, Jonathan Jones, “Zombie workers and sexual hang-ups: how Edvard Munch foresaw our lonely lives – review”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "As if the overpowering sense of grief wasn’t enough, Munch’s art unashamedly confesses to massive sexual hangups.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 13, Pamela Stephenson Connolly, “How can I help my partner get over his hangups? Letting him have sex with other men isn’t working”, in The Guardian",
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      ],
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        "An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "inhibition",
          "inhibition"
        ],
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          "complex",
          "complex"
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        "(informal) An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "neurosis"
        },
        {
          "word": "obsession"
        }
      ],
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          "ref": "2022 August 14, Adam Morton, “Australia has a steep hill to climb on electric cars – but if ever there was a time, it’s now”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Consumers say yes, the numbers add up, industry is largely on board and Labor has no policy hang-ups. This week could be the turning point[.]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch or delay."
      ],
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          "obstacle"
        ],
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          "progress"
        ],
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          "hitch",
          "hitch"
        ],
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          "delay",
          "delay"
        ]
      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hangup"
    }
  ],
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}