Hang it up, so to speak
The crossword clue "Hang it up, so to speak" is answered by RETIRE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RETIRE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RETIRE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RETIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RETIRE, most used first.
- Stop working - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Go to bed - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Call it a day - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdraw. - used 20 times, most recently in 2006
- Hit the hay - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Hit the sack - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Turn in - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Call it a night - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Call it a career - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hang it up - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Call it quits - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Hang around - LOITER, used 69 times
- Hang around - LINGER, used 34 times
- Marbles, so to speak - SANITY, used 22 times
- Speak sharply to - SNAPAT, used 22 times
- Hang loosely - DANGLE, used 21 times
- Speak from memory - RECITE, used 21 times
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