• Hang-up

    Full definition of hang-up

    Noun

    hang-up

    (plural hang-ups)
    1. an emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex
      • 2013, Nic Fleming, at BBC, Sex Lessons, British StyleWe’re said to have so many hang-ups that we don’t even talk about sex until we’re in the pub, and to need to be blind drunk before anything approaching physical contact occurs.
    2. an unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch

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