She still hung onto her wedding ring, even after the divorce.
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hang onto — ˌhang ˈonto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hang onto he/she/it hangs onto present participle hanging onto past tense … Useful english dictionary
hang onto — to keep something. Our team was just trying to hang onto the lead. I m going to hang on to the car I ve got for a few years it s almost four years old, but it s still in great shape … New idioms dictionary
hang onto — verb to keep They hang onto all these kinds of thing, and insist that only what offers contact and touch is a thing that is … Wiktionary
ˌhang ˈonto sth — phrasal verb informal to keep something She still hung onto her wedding ring, even after the divorce.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hang on — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you ask someone to hang on, you ask them to wait or stop what they are doing or saying for a moment. [INFORMAL] [V P] Can you hang on for a minute?... [V P n] Hang on a sec. I ll come with you. Syn: hold on 2) PHRASAL VERB If… … English dictionary
hang — I n. (colloq.) knack to get the hang of smt. II v. 1) ( to be suspended ); ( to fall ) to hang limp; loose, loosely 2) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to hang around ( to frequent ) (to hang around a bar) 3) (D; intr.) ( to be suspended ) to hang by (to… … Combinatory dictionary
hang — hang1 [ hæŋ ] (past tense and past participle hung [ hʌŋ ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 attach something at top only ▸ 2 attach something to wall ▸ 3 kill with rope ▸ 4 put something into position ▸ 5 about smoke/smells ▸ 6 be seen in the sky ▸ 7 spend time in … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Hang on to Yourself — Infobox Song Name = Hang Onto Yourself Type = B side to Moonage Daydream Artist = Arnold Corns alt Artist = Album = Published = Released = start date|1971|4 track no = Recorded = start date|1971|6|17, Radio Luxembourg studios Genre = Glam rock… … Wikipedia
hang — I UK [hæŋ] / US verb Word forms hang : present tense I/you/we/they hang he/she/it hangs present participle hanging past tense hung UK [hʌŋ] / US past participle hung *** 1) [transitive] to put something somewhere so that the top part is held in… … English dictionary
hang*/*/*/ — [hæŋ] (past tense and past participle hung [hʌŋ] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to put something somewhere with its top part fixed and its bottom part free to move, or to be in this position Hang your jacket there.[/ex] Philip hung his hat on a hook behind… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
