1887. Cornhill Magazine, June, p. 624. To hang up a bill is to pass
it through one or more of its stages, and then to lay it aside, and
defer its further consideration for a more or less indefinite
period.
To hang on, verb. phr. (colloquial).—(1) To sponge; and (2) to pursue
an individual or a design.
1601. Shakspeare, Henry VIII., iii., 2. Oh, how wretched Is that
poor man that hangs on princes’ favours!
To hang off, verb. phr. (printers’).—To fight shy of.
To hang up one’s fiddle, verb. phr. (American).—To retire; to desist.
To hang up one’s fiddle anywhere = To adapt oneself to circumstances.
To hang up one’s hat, verb. phr. (common).—1. To die. For synonyms, see
Aloft.
1854. Notes and Queries, Vol. X., p. 203. He has hung up his hat.
This sentence, which is sometimes used in reference to persons
deceased, etc.
1882. Punch, lxxxii., 185, c. 1.