Hang and Nail

Hang

Hang verb - To place on an elevated point without support from below.

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Nail and hang are semantically related. in suspend or be suspended topic. In some cases you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Hang".

Nearby Words: hangup, hanging, hangout, hanger, hanged

Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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Hang and nail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hang" instead a verb "Nail".

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

people	hang people	nail people
someone	hang someone	nail someone
rest	hang rest	nail rest
head	hang head	nail head
Other words: criminal, enemy, heads, victims.

But then he realises he still has a hang-nail that troubled him during his landing on the planet a day or so before he was captured, so at most only another day (rather than weeks or months) has passed.

Source: Faked Rip Van Winkle
Sesame Street did it with Hooper's Store in one episode: Biff tries to put a single nail into the wall to hang up a picture, and somehow this causes a chain reaction that destroys the store's entire interior.

Source: Trash the Set
The reason they get stranded is almost certainly that leaving things as they currently are would cause a paradox, so they have to hang around to For Want of a Nail history back to some non-paradox configuration.

Source: Literature / Blackout

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