hang low

From hang and low.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hæŋ ˈləʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /heɪŋ ˈloʊ/

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hang low (third-person singular simple present hangs low, present participle hanging low, simple past and past participle hung low)

1. (idiomatic) To droop or sag heavily; to remain at a low altitude.
   • 1956 December, W. J. Alcock, “On the Footplate of the "Elizabethan"”, in Railway Magazine, page 819:

     As I joined the train at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, the skies hung low, the rain fell, and as the journey proceeded there was little change; […] .