hang hat

hang one's hat (up) (somewhere)

to take up residence somewhere. George loves Dallas. He's decided to buy a house and hang his hat up there. Bill moves from place to place and never hangs his hat up anywhere.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bronagh	-	Irish
Feliciano	fe-lee-CHYAH-no (Italian), fe-lee-THYAH-no (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Timofey	tee-mah-FYAY	Russian
Abd Allah	‘ahb-DAH:L-lah, ‘ahb-DOOL-lah	Arabic
Oz (1)	AHZ	English
Petronella	pe-tro-NE-lah (German)	Dutch, German, Swedish