hangs on

verb

present tense third-person singular of hang on
1
as in carries on

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as in holds on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangs on
  1. carries on
  2. holds on
  3. keeps up
  4. hangs around
  5. persists
  6. waits
  7. perseveres
Verb
  • Running back Bijan Robinson had 42 yards on three carries on the Falcons' first drive.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Now, the 990v7 carries on tradition by further evolving the design.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of carries on
Verb
  • The compilation misses remaining in the highest tier by only two rungs, while The Essential Michael Jackson barely holds on inside the bottom quarter of the 200-position roster.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • House Bill 945 establishes new regulations for cryptocurrency kiosks and allows financial institutions to place temporary holds on transactions when elder financial exploitation is suspected.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of holds on
Verb
  • Co-creator Chris Addison (Veep), was in Cannes last week at MIPCOM, meeting with international execs as Avalon keeps up its distribution push on the series.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of keeps up
Verb
  • The bullet that tore through Rose‘s face now hangs around her neck.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
  • And the higher the altitude, the longer the debris hangs around, from decades to centuries.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of hangs around
Verb
  • When failure persists across multiple coaching staffs, front offices, and rosters, the conversation inevitably returns to organizational leadership.
    — Stephan Pechdimaldji, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The key is separating purposeful friction from friction that persists because nobody addressed the process.
    — Tal Dagan, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of persists
Verb
  • Ukraine waits for a post-Trump world For Kyiv, the reaction came before the election.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune Dave Russell waits for a friend at Cabrini-Green while snoozing on a rusted slide on June 2, 2004.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of waits
Verb
  • For a show built on grit, glare, and the occasional lollipop, Kojak perseveres with a strangely velvety charm.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
  • True love, though, always perseveres.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Definition of perseveres
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“Hangs on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangs%20on. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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