leave someone hanging in English

Forms: leaves someone hanging [present, singular, third-person], leaving someone hanging [participle, present], left someone hanging [participle, past], left someone hanging [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> someone hanging}} leave someone hanging (third-person singular simple present leaves someone hanging, present participle leaving someone hanging, simple past and past participle left someone hanging)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leaves someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaving someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "leave<,,left> someone hanging"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave someone waiting in anticipation of one's response."
      ],
      "id": "en-leave_someone_hanging-en-verb-t5g~sKkv",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "keep someone hanging"
        },
        {
          "word": "hang out to dry"
        },
        {
          "word": "leave someone high and dry"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mettre un vent à quelqu’un"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "hängenlassen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "deixar alguém no vácuo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mang-iwan sa eyre"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leave someone hanging"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leaves someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaving someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left someone hanging",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leave<,,left> someone hanging"
      },
      "expansion": "leave someone hanging (third-person singular simple present leaves someone hanging, present participle leaving someone hanging, simple past and past participle left someone hanging)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "keep someone hanging"
    },
    {
      "word": "hang out to dry"
    },
    {
      "word": "leave someone high and dry"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "To leave someone waiting in anticipation of one's response."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mettre un vent à quelqu’un"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hängenlassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "deixar alguém no vácuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mang-iwan sa eyre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leave someone hanging"
}

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"leave someone hanging" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms