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hang-up

 noun
     
hang-up , hang‧up [countable]
informal a feeling of worry or embarrassment about something that you have although there is no real reason to feel this way:
She had cured him of all his hang-ups.
hang-up about
She's got a real hang-up about her body.

➔ hang up

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