hang on
verb
hung on; hanging on; hangs on
1
: to keep hold : hold on to something
2
: to persist tenaciously
a cold that hung on all spring
3
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Kengo Kuma & Associates uses lumber for screens, scaffolds, and panels hung on a steel-frame pavilion.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
Most afternoons, work pants still hang on the clothes lines, dusty boots rest on doormats and children playfully run across the grass between the units.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
There’s also buzz for Moore’s co-star Margaret Qualley, who’s harnessing a CCA and Globe nod so far and hoping to hang on to a supporting actress race that’s as fiercely competitive as its leading counterpart.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
On York Boulevard in Los Angeles, a blurred black hole hangs on a dark wall, joined only by a pair of headphones playing looping echoes of its siblings colliding.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
Most afternoons, work pants still hang on the clothes lines, dusty boots rest on doormats and children playfully run across the grass between the units.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
There’s also buzz for Moore’s co-star Margaret Qualley, who’s harnessing a CCA and Globe nod so far and hoping to hang on to a supporting actress race that’s as fiercely competitive as its leading counterpart.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
On York Boulevard in Los Angeles, a blurred black hole hangs on a dark wall, joined only by a pair of headphones playing looping echoes of its siblings colliding.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Hang on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20on. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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