hang onto

Example Sentences

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Still, these men prefer to hang onto it rather than accept the troubling possibility that women are just people — and most are easy to get along with if you treat them like equals.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

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

But in a game that featured 24 lead changes the Rockets couldn't hang onto the 13-point lead they took into the final quarter.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 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

He spoke in a way that made me want to hang onto his every word.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry