Meaning

1 senses

  1. To keep

Examples

13 sentences

  1. I'll hang onto that for you.

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  2. I'll hang onto it for now.

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  3. Tom hung onto me and wouldn't let go.

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  4. Hang onto Daddy!

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  5. I hung onto someone I did not know well.

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Forms

hangs onto, hanging onto, hung onto, hung onto
Base formhang onto · to hang onto
3rd person singularhangs onto
Present participlehanging onto
Past simplehung onto
Past participlehung onto

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhang onto
he, she, ithangs onto

Past simpleLesson

all personshung onto

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hung onto
he, she, ithas hung onto

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hang onto

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
handymanhangB1hangarhangerhangingB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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