HUNG ON Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

hung on

verb

past tense of hang on

as in dug in

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as in held on

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Verb

The good vibes carried on with the year’s most competitive bidding war, eventually won by A24.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
Twenty years after The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance have carried on with the album all the way to the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of carried on

Verb

The participants who kept up the three-times-a-week schedule.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2026
Although hiring of permanent faculty — those with tenure or on tenure-track — has not kept up with enrollment, the university’s total faculty hiring has matched student growth nearly perfectly.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of kept up

Verb

The Tigers hung around and cut the deficit to five, 84-79, when senior Jordan Crawford hit a 3 with less than two minutes remaining.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Montano hung around the net and was rewarded with the game-winning goal with 14 minutes to go as the host Tomcats edged Oswego East 1-0 in a Class 3A East Aurora Sectional semifinal.

— Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of hung around

Verb

The attack in Komyshuvakha, near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region, struck as residents waited for humanitarian aid.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
One would be forgiven for assuming that, as a friend of his joked, Carrère had waited to visit the country until a member of his family was running it.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of waited

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About 20 people stuck around, through the first city council meeting and into the second, committee of the whole meeting, to offer their views on possibly forcing developers to include affordable housing units on residential developments.

— Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Watching Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang celebrate the holiday is another seasonal ritual that has stuck around for generations.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of stuck around

Verb

Leo made the short flight across the river from Uruguay and landed in Buenos Aires, where a military honor guard and Milei awaited him.

— Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
AppLovin — Shares rallied more than 10% as traders awaited the company's third-quarter results after the bell Wednesday.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

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