hanging up one's hat
Finally calling home
To hang up one's hat is to settle somewhere or retire from activity.
The image is of someone arriving home and placing their hat on a hook—done traveling, done working.
After thirty years in banking, she's ready to hang up her hat.
One can also hang up one's hat in a new place, meaning to establish residence or take up a position there: He decided to hang up his hat in Austin.
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- golden yearsLater life stage
- calling it quitsEnding an endeavor permanently
- stepping downVoluntarily relinquishing a role
quitting · resignation · permanence · turning point · life transition · new chapter · belonging · homesteading · symbolic act · domicile · stability · habitation · nesting · closure · finality · fresh start · hat rack · departure
hanging up one's hatpassing through
Moving across without staying
stopping by · dropping in · wandering · roaming · hitting the road
hanging up one's hatgetting started
Beginning an undertaking
starting out · coming out of retirement · jumping in · taking up the mantle
hanging up one's hatuprooting
Extracting from the earth
packing up · moving away · departing · saying goodbye · abandoning ship