Hung up
Hung up adjective - Having extreme or relentless concern.
Taken up
Taken up adjective - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The Tipping Forties crew decided to measure how much of their video was being taken up by load times during their Let's Play, and their game hung up on the loading screen, forcing them to stare at the loading screen for almost half the video.
Source: Loads and Loads of Loading
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Taken up and Hung up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hung_up/taken_up
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