hang it out v.
1. (Aus.) to endure [hang out v.1 (3)].
![]() | Colonial Reformer III 36: The rest of the time you’ll have to hang it out the best way you can. |
2. (US) to run a risk, risk one’s life, to go to extremes; thus hang-it-out adj., reckless [hang one’s ass out under ass n.].
![]() | in | Dear Mom 224: If I do fly I won’t be assigned a mission where I ‘hang it out’ too much [HDAS].|
![]() | Stay Hungry 151: We’re gonna hang it out today. We gonna celebrate. | |
![]() | Stand On It (1979) 35: Joe-Jack was a dynamite driver and he was really hanging it out every time he came around. | |
![]() | Pak Six 114: They took chances, hung it out a mile. It was usually their wingmen that didn’t come back. | |
![]() | Golden Orange (1991) 177: Hadley, who had good speed for his size, powered along in a hang-it-out sprint. |