English

Verb

hang one's hat

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) To reside; to call a place home.
   • 1987 April, Sanger and Linda Shafer (authors), George Strait (singer), “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”, MCA Records:

     But all my ex’s live in Texas

     And that’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee

   • 2003, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Undertakers, ISBN 9781101167311, ch. 10 (Google online preview):

     “Where does Hobart hang his hat?” Slocum asked.

     “His spread's up north, east of the Chugwater, and maybe north some.”

See also

• home is where you hang your hat
• hang one's hat on