"hang one's hat on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> one's hat on"
      },
      "expansion": "hang one's hat on (third-person singular simple present hangs one's hat on, present participle hanging one's hat on, simple past and past participle hung one's hat on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 October 16, Saul Hansell, “Zap, a Nervy Internet Venture, Is Zapped”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-08:",
          "text": "\"You can't hang your hat on a nonbinding letter of intent.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 26, Jessica Danielle, “Sports Notes”, in Ebony, retrieved 2015-11-08:",
          "text": "The Nuggets don't have the most dynamic offense nor do they have a real superstar to hang their hat on but their defense is strong.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 April 10, Bob McWilliams, “Plain Speaking: GOP field of candidates is diverse”, in Capital Gazette, retrieved 2015-11-08:",
          "text": "So far, all we've heard is \"Don't you want to see a female president.\" . . . [I]t's easy to see why Clinton has little else to hang her hat on. She has no real achievements to speak of in her term as senator.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept or recognize as reliable, tangible, or factual; to depend on."
      ],
      "id": "en-hang_one's_hat_on-en-verb-99p4xto-",
      "links": [
        [
          "reliable",
          "reliable"
        ],
        [
          "tangible",
          "tangible"
        ],
        [
          "factual",
          "factual"
        ],
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To accept or recognize as reliable, tangible, or factual; to depend on."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bank on"
        },
        {
          "word": "hang one's hat"
        },
        {
          "word": "pin one's hopes on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang one's hat on"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung one's hat on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> one's hat on"
      },
      "expansion": "hang one's hat on (third-person singular simple present hangs one's hat on, present participle hanging one's hat on, simple past and past participle hung one's hat on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bank on"
    },
    {
      "word": "hang one's hat"
    },
    {
      "word": "pin one's hopes on"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 October 16, Saul Hansell, “Zap, a Nervy Internet Venture, Is Zapped”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-08:",
          "text": "\"You can't hang your hat on a nonbinding letter of intent.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 26, Jessica Danielle, “Sports Notes”, in Ebony, retrieved 2015-11-08:",
          "text": "The Nuggets don't have the most dynamic offense nor do they have a real superstar to hang their hat on but their defense is strong.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 April 10, Bob McWilliams, “Plain Speaking: GOP field of candidates is diverse”, in Capital Gazette, retrieved 2015-11-08:",
          "text": "So far, all we've heard is \"Don't you want to see a female president.\" . . . [I]t's easy to see why Clinton has little else to hang her hat on. She has no real achievements to speak of in her term as senator.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept or recognize as reliable, tangible, or factual; to depend on."
      ],
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        [
          "reliable",
          "reliable"
        ],
        [
          "tangible",
          "tangible"
        ],
        [
          "factual",
          "factual"
        ],
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To accept or recognize as reliable, tangible, or factual; to depend on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang one's hat on"
}