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
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
This is all depressing, but there is some hope to hang onto.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025
The starfish were twisted and knotted up, for a starfish loves to hang onto something and for an hour these had found only each other.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
