to continue doing something and achieve success even though there are difficulties
to depend on something
to hold tightly to something
to listen very carefully to what someone is saying
to wait or be patient
used for saying that you have just realized something
Everything hangs on the result of the last race.
Fear began to overwhelm her again, and she struggled to hang on.
Hang on a minute! That isn’t the dress she was wearing earlier.
I think we should hang on and see the end of the game.
Just sit still and hang on tight!
Scott-Hughes said we'd have no more than an hour's head start so hang on and enjoy the ride.
She looked as if she might have a job to hang on to him with just her natural beauty.
The few paltry heirlooms my mother had struggled so hard to hang on to.
The train rattled along and we both hung on to the straps.
The visiting team hung on for a narrow victory.
hangs on
hanging on
hung on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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