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
: hold on sense 2
I'll get the answer if you can hang on.
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It was taken down Thursday, March 19, after The Bee inquired about the banner, which hung on a fence behind home plate.
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Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Kornyev’s client is the barely hanging on Stepinak (Aleksandr Filippenko), a Bolshevik targeted by the secret police told to muzzle and expunge dissenters.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
While major alt-weeklies such as the Village Voice (which became part of Westword’s parent company during some consolidation in the industry) and smaller papers have closed in recent years, Westword has found a way to hang on in both print and online.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
Sitting in her office chair in her house, surrounded by dozens of framed family photos hanging on the walls, Evans scrolled through emails documenting her reports to 311, the city service that receives complaints about livability issues and homelessness.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Kornyev’s client is the barely hanging on Stepinak (Aleksandr Filippenko), a Bolshevik targeted by the secret police told to muzzle and expunge dissenters.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
While major alt-weeklies such as the Village Voice (which became part of Westword’s parent company during some consolidation in the industry) and smaller papers have closed in recent years, Westword has found a way to hang on in both print and online.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
Sitting in her office chair in her house, surrounded by dozens of framed family photos hanging on the walls, Evans scrolled through emails documenting her reports to 311, the city service that receives complaints about livability issues and homelessness.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Hang on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20on. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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