Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cling to (something); to hold on to (something); to refuse to give up (something).

Examples

24 sentences

  1. We can't hang on to the past.

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  2. Hang on to it.

    deBleib dran!

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  3. Tom wrung out the towel and hung it up to dry.

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  4. Tom washed all the laundry and hung it up to dry.

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  5. I hung on to the rope for as long as I could.

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personshung to

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hang to

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs
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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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