HANG ON Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

hang on

verb

Definition of hang on

as in to carry on

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as in to hold on

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Recent Examples of hang on Its sunny logos hang on buildings in Overland Park, Lenexa, Olathe and beyond. — Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 Then there is Anunoby, who played at Indiana where basketball nets hang on barns and until Curt Cignetti arrived in Bloomington, football season mostly meant preseason hoops season. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 Gene therapies and virtual-reality programs—which staged daily tasks, such as placing a fork on a plate, in high-contrast black-and-white—were helping adults with low vision hang on to what remained of their sight. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 San José State transfer Leland Smith gives Iamaleava a big-bodied receiver that can make contested catches on the boundaries or hang on to balls over the middle of the field. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hang on

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Verb

Although the buildings have gotten taller over the years, the essential tool of the trade — a spud wrench that every ironworker carries on his belt to tighten the bolts that hold the beams together — has not changed in fifty years.

— Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Athens, the rest of the mainland, and many of the larger islands carry on much as usual.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of carry on

Verb

Gizelle, who has been stirring the pot and playing producer for everyone on the trip, keeps up her conniving ways by sitting down all the RHOP ladies except for Candiace during their Potomac retrospective moment at the party.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
It is cut in half for the very year the budget projects the department at its busiest, with demand so high the city is outsourcing inspectors and plan reviewers to keep up.

— Fabiola Stuyvesant, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of keep up

Verb

Casual comments that harm former colleagues and employers do not disappear when the following day’s newspapers are thrown in the bin, yet hang around forever to cause untold damage to all referees’ reputations.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In the logic of edutainment, random children hanging around in the company of a plush creature is nothing noteworthy.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hang around

Verb

But Tehran’s hard-line new senior leaders including Rezaei have signaled a willingness to dig in after weathering decades of sanctions.

— Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Bra bands that dig in and have minimal side coverage can create bulges under your tops and dresses, but this under-$20 Warners style does the opposite, according to shoppers.

— Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of dig in

Verb

Palace matched Sunderland’s agreement with the French side and, at one stage, both clubs had a plane waiting at Lyon’s airport to bring Fofana to England.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Instead of waiting for that person to issue a command, OlloNi could approach and initiate an interaction.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of wait

Verb

With neither reality nor imagination offering an escape from tyranny, the film asks whether hope, memory and love can persevere when war threatens to extinguish them all.

— Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
The siblings were almost eliminated early after having communication issues, but persevered and eventually won the million dollars.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of persevere

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