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hang on

Definitions

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  • verb idiomatic To wait a moment (usually imperative).
  • verb To hold, grasp, or grip.
  • verb idiomatic To keep; to store something for someone
  • verb idiomatic To pay close attention.
  • verb idiomatic To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
  • verb idiomatic To persevere.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb fix to; attach
  • verb hold the phone line open
  • verb be persistent, refuse to stop

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synonyms (155)

Words with the same meaning

  1. account for
  2. accredit with
  3. accrete to
  4. accrue from
  5. acknowledge
  6. adhere
  7. adhere to
  8. agglomerate
  9. all depend
  10. apply to
  11. arise from
  12. ascribe to
  13. assign to
  14. attach to
  15. attribute to
  16. be based on
  17. be contingent on
  18. be dependent on
  19. be due to
  20. be predicated on
  21. be spared
  22. bear up
  23. bite
  24. blame
  25. blame for
  26. blame on
  27. bring home to
  28. bud from
  29. bunch
  30. carry on
  31. charge on
  32. charge to
  33. cheat death
  34. clasp
  35. cleave
  36. cleave to
  37. clench
  38. clinch
  39. cling
  40. cling to
  41. clip
  42. clot
  43. cluster
  44. clutch
  45. coagulate
  46. cohere
  47. come from
  48. come out of
  49. come up fighting
  50. confess
  51. congeal
  52. conglomerate
  53. connect with
  54. credit with
  55. depend
  56. depend on
  57. derive from
  58. descend from
  59. emanate from
  60. embrace
  61. emerge from
  62. endure
  63. ensue from
  64. fasten upon
  65. father upon
  66. fix on
  67. fix upon
  68. flow from
  69. follow from
  70. freeze to
  71. germinate from
  72. go on
  73. grapple
  74. grasp
  75. grip
  76. gripe
  77. grow from
  78. grow out of
  79. grow together
  80. hang
  81. hang in
  82. hang in suspense
  83. hang in there
  84. hang on to
  85. hang together
  86. hang tough
  87. hinge
  88. hinge on
  89. hold
  90. hold fast
  91. hold on
  92. hold on to
  93. hold out
  94. hold tight
  95. hold together
  96. hold up
  97. hug
  98. impute to
  99. issue from
  100. keep alive
  101. keep hold of
  102. last
  103. lay to
  104. lie on
  105. lie with
  106. live through it
  107. live with it
  108. mass
  109. never let go
  110. never say die
  111. nip
  112. not give up
  113. originate in
  114. pend
  115. persist
  116. pin on
  117. pinpoint
  118. place upon
  119. point to
  120. proceed from
  121. refer to
  122. rest
  123. rest on
  124. rest with
  125. revolve on
  126. saddle on
  127. saddle with
  128. set
  129. set down to
  130. settle upon
  131. solidify
  132. spring from
  133. sprout from
  134. stand on
  135. stand up
  136. stay
  137. stay it out
  138. stay put
  139. stay the distance
  140. stay with it
  141. stem from
  142. stick
  143. stick it
  144. stick it out
  145. stick out
  146. stick to
  147. stick to it
  148. stick together
  149. stick with it
  150. support life
  151. survive
  152. take hold of
  153. tough it out
  154. turn on
  155. turn upon

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. await
  2. expect
  3. look
  4. wait

cross-references (3)

Cross-references

  1. hold
  2. hold on
  3. hold up

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