go hang

verb

To be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.

“You can go hang for all I care.”

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Meanings

verbgo hang (third-person singular simple present goes hang, present participle going hang, simple past went hang, past participle gone hang)

present singular third person goes hang · participle present going hang · past went hang · participle past gone hang

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.

    You can go hang for all I care.

    3 more examples

    For she had a tongue with a tang, Would cry to a sailor, 'Go hang!' She loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch, Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch. Then to sea, boys, and let her go hang!

    1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act II, scene II

    When Love is kind, cheerful, and free, Love's sure to find welcome from me; But when Love brings heartache and pang, Tears and such things, Love may go hang!

    1898, Margaret Georgina Todd, Mona Maclean, Medical Student: A Novel, page 449

    "And your advice was to let the family go hang and to insure the dog heavily against accidents?"

    1958, Macdonald Hastings, Cork in the Doghouse, page 97
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APA

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MLA

“go hang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20hang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go hang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20hang.

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