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Hang 'em up
Answer for the clue "Hang 'em up ", 6 letters:
retire
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n. 1 (context rare English) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. 2 (context dated English) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back. vb. 1 (context transitive ...
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v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68" withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: withdraw ] pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled ...
Usage examples of retire.
Louis Philippe found a home in England, at first at Claremont, and then in Abingdon House, Kensington, where he lived for some time in apparently tranquil enjoyment, the delightful and salubrious vicinity affording to his family means of retired and pleasurable recreation.
Aquileia and Padua fled before the invasion of Attila, and retired to the Isle of Gradus, and Rivus Altus, or Rialto.
When I entered the room, to my amazement I found that of the five directors only one was present besides myself, an honest old retired sea captain who had bought and paid for 300 shares.
The father reserved to himself a revenue of one hundred thousand pistoles per annum, retired to the castle of Chamberry, and espoused the countess dowager of St.
The persons against whom these measures were taken, being apprized of the impending danger, generally retired from their own habitations.
When she retired from the ring, kissing her little hands prettily to the applauding audience, the manager turned her horse again facing the curtain in the canvassed passageway.
In the summer, however, her majesty made a cruise in her yacht, before retiring to her autumnal Scottish retreat.
Someone suggested Ross Griffin, a retired ski-bum and lifelong mountain beatnik who was going half-straight at the time and talking about running for the City Council.
The two ladies had such an air of mysterious competence to the task they had undertaken that it seemed to Bernard that nothing was left to him but to retire into temporary exile.
Edgar, giving him the charge of his horse, earnestly besought him to retire in quiet, and to keep his opinions and experiments to himself.
Miss Bloomer retired to rest, or rather to bed, for during the night she was restless, tossing from side to side like one in delirium.
Two months before, Pete had retired the previous Bonkers to a small but well apportioned hutch out in his garage to live out the rest of his life in comfort.
Some rebel chiefs escaped in two French frigates, which had arrived on the coast of Lochaber about the end of April, and engaged three vessels belonging to his Britannic majesty, which they obliged to retire.
On the verge of rising to coax his charge to consider retiring to the comfort in an alehouse, Brith froze.
As soon as Bronden received the paper, the Ashanti retired to his post.