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free +‎ hanging

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free-hanging (not comparable)

  1. (construction) Hanging clear of other objects and without support from other objects.
    Coordinate term: cantilevered
  2. (editing, typography; said of headings or list items) Not run in; on a separate line (or multiple separate lines) defined by hard returns.
    Antonym: run in

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