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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But the older girls seemed to hang on Oebanda-Pacis, who founded Voice of the Free in 1991.
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Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
With Mercury in your sign, everyone’s hanging on your every word, but don’t let the spotlight go to your head.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Colored rubber bracelets hung on our wrists to remind us of the cause du jour.
—Josh Browning, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
Moorhead jumped out to a 21-0 second quarter lead and hung on to win at Woodbury 34-27 in Week 2.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
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Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
With Mercury in your sign, everyone’s hanging on your every word, but don’t let the spotlight go to your head.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Colored rubber bracelets hung on our wrists to remind us of the cause du jour.
—Josh Browning, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
Moorhead jumped out to a 21-0 second quarter lead and hung on to win at Woodbury 34-27 in Week 2.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hang on
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“Hang on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20on. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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