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hang over
Meaning: If you feel that you are facing a threat or a danger, we can say the threat or the danger hangs over you.
For example:
- hang over sb/sth The threat of unemployment hangs over everyone in the company.
- hang over sb/sth After a fire had destroyed the old church, a sense of loss hung over the town.
Quick Quiz:
The threat of illness hung over the city because
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