hang on
verb
hung on; hanging on; hangs on
1
: to keep hold : hold on to something
2
: to persist tenaciously
a cold that hung on all spring
3
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After squandering a nine-run lead over TCU, Kansas baseball managed to hang on and defeat the Horned Frogs 11-10 in a Big 12 Tournament elimination game on Friday.
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
What hangs on the wall is, in effect, a matrix or shell.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
What hangs on the wall is, in effect, a matrix or shell.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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“Hang on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20on. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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