hung on

verb

past tense of hang on
1
as in dug in

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2
as in held on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hung on
  1. carried on
  2. held on
  3. kept up
  4. hung around
  5. waited
  6. stuck around
  7. awaited
Verb
  • Part of the point of Wade’s book is that individual people proved individually resilient, and life carried on.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • Harry ultimately carried on with the trip alone, while Meghan, Archie and Lilibet traveled to Britain from Portugal, where the family was vacationing, on July 9.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of carried on
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  • Singer-songwriter events are held on select Mondays, while regular hours are concentrated around Thursday through Saturday.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The news was first reported at a press conference held on July 15 by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan Area of Naples (Soprintendenza ABAP Napoli), which supervised the excavation.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of held on
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  • Spain kept up its pressure after halftime, playing some of its most creative soccer of the tournament.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • In the battle for the Texas Senate seat, both Republican nominee Ken Paxton and Democratic nominee James Talarico kept up their attacks against each other.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of kept up
Verb
  • But that system still hung around for 16 years, until the dawn of the four-team College Football Playoff in 2014.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Even some coaches and support staff hung around briefly.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Definition of hung around
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  • Thousands of fans — treated with Doctor Doom masks and capes — waited nearly days to get a glimpse of Feige’s grand plan for the next era of the MCU.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 26 July 2026
  • For years, Charleston flooded, recovered, and waited for the next storm.
    — William Cogswell, Time, 24 July 2026
Definition of waited
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  • Moraz moved on to the Moody Blues in 1978 and stuck around until 1991, when his acrimonious departure led to a legal battle with his former bandmates that played out on Court TV.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
  • Popov’s friends eventually left but Popov stuck around and continued taunting Sibley and his friends.
    — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of stuck around
Verb
  • Probably the biggest highlight of the trip was the reception which awaited the veterans at Midway.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • As the wheels of justice turned in the background, the world awaited news that the trophy had been found.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 July 2026
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