hang one's hat

English

Verb

hang one's hat

  1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) To reside; to call a place home.
    • 1987 April, Sanger and Linda Shafer (authors), George Strait (singer), “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”, MCA Records:
      But all my ex’s live in Texas
      And that’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee
    • 2003, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Undertakers, →ISBN, ch. 10 (Google online preview):
      “Where does Hobart hang his hat?” Slocum asked.
      “His spread's up north, east of the Chugwater, and maybe north some.”
  2. (by extension) To identify with; to be.
    • 2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 252:
      I try not to make simplistic judgements on people these days. Especially over matters as trivial as where they hang their sexual hat.

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