get hung up

[unpakwon]

What does the following in red mean?

It would be easy to get hung up on Steve Job's quirkiness and to focus on his ugly side---his temper tantrums, his impatience...

Thank you.

 

[TheParser]

It would be easy to get hung up on Steve Job's quirkiness and to focus on his ugly side---his temper tantrums, his impatience...

NOT A TEACHER

I think that it means something like to concentrate on/ dwell on/ to be distracted by

his quirkiness.

Wow! I think that the sentence itself contains the synonym: to focus on.

For example: Don't get hung up on Mr. X's horrible English grammar. He is absolutely

the best candidate for this vital job, so let's hire him -- regardless of his lack of

English proficiency.

 

[JohnParis]

hang-up
–noun Slang.
1. a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; complex: His hang-up is trying to outdo his brother.
2. a source of annoying difficulty or burden; impediment; snag: The most serious hang-up the project has is a shortage of funds.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

It would be easy to fixate on Steve Job's quirkiness and to focus on his ugly side---his temper tantrums, his impatience...

It would be easy to become preoccupied with Steve Job's quirkiness and to focus on his ugly side---his temper tantrums, his impatience...

 

[unpakwon]

Thank you all for the big help.