hang over sth
— phrasal verb with hang uk/hæŋ/us/hæŋ/verb
If a threat or doubt hangs over a place or a situation, it exists:
Uncertainty again hangs over the project.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- hostage to fortune idiom
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- risk
- treacherous
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