Hang and Wait

Hang

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

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Wait and hang are semantically related In some cases you can use "Wait" instead a verb "Hang".

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

Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.

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Hang and wait are semantically related in pause topic. Sometimes you can use "Hang" instead a verb "Wait".

Nearby Words: waited, waiting, waiter

fire	hang fire	wait fire
place	hang place	wait place
rest	hang rest	wait rest
bit	hang bit	wait bit
Other words: head, nothing, movie.

Cain and Abel: A recurring motif "Last Year's Man" Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain So I hang upon my altar and I voice my acts again And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began When Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man.

Source: Music / Songs of Love and Hate
Creepy Cemetery: Adjacent to the warehouse and morgue, where the punks hang out to wait for Freddy... and from where most of the zombies emerge.

Source: Film / The Return of the Living Dead
Common practice for aspiring medics needing XP was to hang out in medical centers and wait for careless wounded adventurers to stumble in.

Source: Video Game / Star Wars: Galaxies

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