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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Long Wing— See Tom hang on to the wing of the biplane mid-flight.
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Federal prosecutors dismissed the corruption charges after being acquitted on one count, with the jury hung on the remaining charges.
—Adam Sabes , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Good enough to hang on the wall as an Art Deco piece.
—Joe Salas
august 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
On the other, the fate of that process seemed to hang on Napoleon, a changeable man who was nearly assassinated several times.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Federal prosecutors dismissed the corruption charges after being acquitted on one count, with the jury hung on the remaining charges.
—Adam Sabes , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Good enough to hang on the wall as an Art Deco piece.
—Joe Salas
august 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
On the other, the fate of that process seemed to hang on Napoleon, a changeable man who was nearly assassinated several times.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Hang on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20on. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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