hang on
Example Sentences
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But now she's making repayments and thinking, "hang on a minute, this isn't the price of a coffee".
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Hastings nailed him: "I got him at the knees, slid down to his boots and managed to hang on."
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Ganesha 2, Linfield Christian 1: After seven innings of scoreless ball, Ganesha scored two runs in the eighth to hang on for the victory on a Logan Schmidt two-run home run.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The executive director of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, Mark Reeves, said in an interview, “Hopefully, we can hang on to what we got—some semblance of control and order.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
The tones seemed to echo and hang on the air so that each word sounded twice.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
