hang onto
Example Sentences
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Chances are, if you hang onto it long enough, you’ll make your money back, with perhaps a little extra.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
Each robotic animal comes in an edition of two, which have sold out, but the artist plans to hang onto a third version of each dog, called an artist’s proof in art-market parlance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
That is a somewhat granular data point that pessimists will hang onto, as they fear “white box” competition, or the emergence of Big Tech’s own equipment taking share from Arista’s.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
But in the thin upper atmosphere, carbon dioxide can’t hang onto its extra heat.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025
Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
