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hung up

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hung up
adj. Informal
1. Delayed; hindered: motorists hung up in traffic.
2. also hung-up (hngp) Anxious; nervous: He got hung up on the details. She was all hung-up before the interview.
3. Overly involved or preoccupied: a teenager hung up on the latest fashions.
Translations
French hung up adj (inf) → complexé(e) → bourré(e) de complexes
German hung up (inf) adj to be hung up on (person) → ein gestörtes Verhältnis haben zu;
to be hung up about → nervös sein wegen
Italian hung up adj (col) → complessato/a
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