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View definitions for hung on

hung on

verb as in continue, endure

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Curtains that were once hung on palace walls, and in grand rooms at Windsor Castle, have been recycled into coverings for foot stools.

From BBC

The family hung on in their house as long as they could, but with explosions all around, shops closed and roads cut off one by one, they finally bowed to the inevitable.

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Sam Darnold throwing three interceptions did not help, but Jags quarterback Mac Jones, standing in for the injured Trevor Lawrence, also made errors as the Vikings hung on.

From BBC

“God told me: ‘I have him safe,’ and that’s what I hung on to.”

This is a self-realization story hung on a romantic comedy — to begin with, it takes place in an airport, the most rom-commy of all rom-com settings.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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