hang off

verb

hung off; hanging off; hangs off

Examples of hang off in a Sentence

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The coverlet fit a king-size bed well with enough material hanging off the sides to cover the bed’s flat sheet and blanket on all sides. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025 These fish also love weedy areas, which can be a challenge to fish with a plug that has two or three treble hooks hanging off the belly. Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2025 Icicle lights: This type of Christmas light resembles an icicle due to its various lengths of vertical lights that hang off of a horizontal string of lights. Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024 This time, the stunt has been kept under wraps until much closer to the release of the film, with Cruise revealing on Feb. 7 that one stunt involved him hanging off of an upside down propeller plane. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hang off

Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hang off was in 1641

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“Hang off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20off. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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