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Number 984.

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Number 984 is hang it up.

Hmm. Great phrase. Now, to hang it up.

Great phrase.

Now, to hang something up, oh my goodness, there are many possible usages, many possible definitions, but today we're going to focus on one definition, hang it up meaning stop don't do it quit give it up so when i was a kid uh i knew uh i knew my father when he was a kid, I knew my father, when he was a child, he played basketball and he was very good.

So I knew this.

And I would say from about when I was eight, nine years old, I decided that I, too, would play basketball,

and I would be very good, and my dad would be proud of me.

So in seventh grade, I joined the junior high basketball team.

I was horrible. I was horrible.

I was not only horrible.

I was terrible.

And to be honest, the coach told me,

why don't you hang it up this year and try again next year oh my god give it up don't do it

you're bad you're horrible you're just terrible yeah so so i did i hung it up i hung it up i stopped playing basketball and i was so

embarrassed i didn't try the next year no i quit and then when i was in high school before high

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