HANGS IN Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

hangs in

verb

present tense third-person singular of hang in

as in gets on

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Exactly how hot your hair dryer gets on the lowest and highest setting, however, can vary from brand to brand.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
Ask any company that quietly panics every time its founder gets on a plane.

— Shann Biglione, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of gets on

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Now the restaurant is one of the places where Ortega carries on with life without Burciaga, who went back to his parents’ remote hometown in the mountains of Durango.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
The World Trade Organization carries on adjudicating trade disputes, despite a surge in protectionism.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of carries on

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John teaches at a small, leafy college by day, while by night working on a book about rationalist philosopher Spinoza and dating his beautiful colleague Becca (Sofia Boutella), a professor of psychology who has a son with whom John gets along well.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
Who gets along with who, who is fighting with who, and how the dynamics within the family have shifted.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026

Definition of gets along

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As the actor who originated the role, Johnson fares a bit better as Maui, smirking and preening and repeatedly tossing Moana off her own boat in attempts to commandeer it for himself.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026
All of them are inheriting relatively stable situations at quarterback compared to some of last year’s first-timers, but innumerable factors will impact how each of them fares this season.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of fares

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Moore breathes life into Mona, but manages to intertwine a sense of entitlement that nods to her former life as traditional housewife.

— Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
Benkert manages dozens of properties in Kauai and has boarded up two houses on the western side of the island.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

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