go hang

[go hang] {v. phr.}, {slang}

1. To stop being of interest or importance; be forgotten. — Usually used with "let".

/Mr. Johnson let his business go hang after his wife died./

2. To leave you alone; not bother.

/When the neighbor told Father how to manage his children, Father told him to go hang./

Compare: TELL WHERE TO GET OFF.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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