hang up one's boots

verb

to retire, call it a day (used especially in the context of sports).

Similar
hang up one's fiddle
Opposite
strap on the boots
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Meanings

verbhang up one's boots (third-person singular simple present hangs up one's boots, present participle hanging up one's boots, simple past and past participle hung up one's boots)

present singular third person hangs up one's boots · participle present hanging up one's boots · participle past hung up one's boots · past hung up one's boots

  1. idiomaticto retire, call it a day (used especially in the context of sports).

    Synonyms: hang up one's fiddle

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto retire, call it a day (used especially in the context of sports).

Similar
hang up one's fiddle
Opposite
strap on the boots
Also see
hang up one's fiddlehang up the bootssuperannuate

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 掛靴 /挂靴
  • 掛靴 /挂靴 (guàxuē)to retire
Finnish ripustaa pelikenkänsä naulaan, lopettaa
  • ripustaa pelikenkänsä naulaanto retire
  • lopettaato retire
French raccrocher les crampons
  • raccrocher les cramponsto retire
Hebrew לִתְלוֹת נַעֲלַיִם
  • לִתְלוֹת נַעֲלַיִםto retire
Polish odchodzić z zawodu, odejść z zawodu
  • odchodzić z zawoduto retire
  • odejść z zawoduto retire
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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