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Hang on   /hæŋ ɑn/   Listen
Hang on

verb
1.
Fix to; attach.  Synonyms: append, tack, tack on, tag on.
2.
Be persistent, refuse to stop.  Synonyms: hang in, hold on, persevere, persist.  "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
3.
Hold the phone line open.  Synonyms: hold on, hold the line.






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"Hang on" Quotes from Famous Books



... a pair of his own lancets underneath 'em. But he's a frightfully clever beast," says Beauvayse. "And what he wants in looks he makes up in brains. And—and if he knew there was a scratch against me, he might force the running and win hands down. So hang on to my secret by your eyelids, old fellow, and don't give me reason ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... broad bosom of the lake George was carried. "Now," said he, "if I jump, I'll drown; and if I don't, I'll drown anyway. So I guess I'll hang on a little longer." And hang on he did for something like two hours, when the wind caught his raft and drove it back to the southern end of the island at the mouth of the Beaver. "You can't lose me," said George, as he landed. He and his game bag were saved, but his difficulties were not ...
— The Lure of the Labrador Wild • Dillon Wallace

... that belongs to you! Comeback and get it.' I meant Lady Joan. And I says, 'Good Lord, man, you're acting like a fellow in a play. That place doesn't belong to me. It belongs to you. If it was mine, fair and square, Little Willie'd hang on to it. There'd be no noble sacrifice in his. You get ...
— T. Tembarom • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... of himself, such as the stationers were beginning to hang on the line in their shop windows. The fact marked a distinct advance in his conquest of popularity; and Sydney was not mistaken in supposing that the old lady would appreciate this portrait of her handsome ...
— Name and Fame - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... land, Before the fisher, or into his hand. Thou hast thy orchard fruit, thy garden flowers, Fresh as the air, and new as are the hours. The early cherry with the later plum, Fig, grape, and quince, each in his time doth come: The blushing apricot and woolly peach Hang on thy walls that every child may reach. And though thy walls be of the country stone, They're rear'd with no man's ruin, no man's groan; There's none that dwell about them wish them down; But all come in, the farmer ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan


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