Hang On

Definition: Hang On

Hang On

Verb

1. Fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace".

2. Be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions".

3. Hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder".

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Literature

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Synonyms: Hang On

Accompaniment

Verb: accompany, coexist, attend; hang on, wait on; go hand in hand with; synchronize; bear company, keep company; row in the same boat; bring in its train; associate with, couple with.

Dissuasion

Handle, peg to hang on, room locus standi; stalking-horse, cheval de bataille, cue.

Flattery

Verb: flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax; fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter; jolly; bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue; truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to; court; creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of one;s bent; lick the dust.

Sequence

Attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of; follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the trail.

Servant

Verb: serve; wait upon, attend upon, dance attendance upon, pin oneself upon; squire, tend, hang on the sleeve of; chore.

Servility

Pay court to; feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, avaler les couleuvres, keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of.

Crosswords: Hang On

Okay, hang on, I'm on the phone with the distribution house now, lemme make sure we got it. What was it called again? (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

You'd better get rid of that gun, unless you haven't got the guts, and if you don't, you'd better hang on to it! (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Malcolm Johnson; Budd Schulberg)

They hang on to the ball for too long. (The Missionary; writing credit: Michael Palin)

Pres' life and yours will hang on things just like that, and you'll both surely die. (Jezebel; writing credit: Owen Davis; Clements Ripley)

She also wants to explain why she had to hang on to it. (Jackie Brown; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino)

So the graduations hang on the wall (Allentown; performing artist: Billy Joel)

It's like kids hang on every single statement we make (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM)

And all your friends are gone so hang on, hang on to the (Girl With the Hungry Eyes; performing artist: JEFFERSON STARSHIP)

That frozen concoction that helps me hang on (Margaritaville; performing artist: JIMMY BUFFET)

Some hang on to used to be ("Up Where We Belong"; performing artist: Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes)

Hang On In There Baby (performing artist: Johnny Bristol)

Hang On Sloopy (performing artist: The McCoys)

Let's Hang On (performing artist: The Four Seasons)

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Books

• Hang on in There, Shelley (reference)

• Hang on to Your Diapies, Babies, We're Going in (reference)

• Hang on to Your Hats/Vocabulary Book/Level 3/Primer (reference)

• Hang On, Hopper! (North-South Paperback) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Hang on Sloopy: The Best of the McCoys (reference)

• Hang on to a Dream: The Verve Recordings (reference)

• Hang On To Nothing (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Yahoo!!!! - hang on for a "slight bank" Taken from cockpit of Coast Guard PBY. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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That they may lose nothing of the sight, they scale walls, hang on to balconies, climb trees, swing to gratings, crouch into chimneys.

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Expressions using "hang on": hang on a thread ♦ hang on board ♦ hang on for a second! ♦ hang on smb.'s lips ♦ hang on the sleeve of ♦ hang on to ♦ hang on to smth. ♦ To hang on ♦ To hang on the ♦ to hang on the lips ♦ to hang on the sleeve of ♦ to hang on the words. Additional references.

Albanian

varet nga, nuk tundem, nuk e lëshoj, kapem fort. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تمسك (be tenacious, catch, freeze, seize on, stick by), ‏تشبث (bite, cling, clutch, hug, staple, tenacity), ‏إنتظر (await, bide, stand in, stay, wait, wait for, watch). (various references)

Bulgarian 

слушам внимателно (dig), разчитам на (count on, reckon on, repose trust in, ride on, trust), чакам (abide, attend, await, cool one's heels, Tarry, wait, wait about), завися от (turn on, turn upon). (various references)

Chinese 

幫閑 (etc, hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work). (various references)

Czech

vytrvat (hold on, hold out, persevere, persist, press on, soldier on), poèkat (hold on, wait), nepokládat, držet se pevnì, èekat (await, bide, carry, wait). (various references)

Finnish

pysyä tuntumassa. (various references)

French

se tenir, s'accrocher, résister, ne quittez pas, attendre (hang about), attendez. (various references)

German

sich halten (abide by, bear, bear up, carry oneself, control oneself, hold, hold on, hold oneself, hold out, keep, last, linger, obey, save, stay, stick), sich festklammern (cling), sich festhalten (hold on, latch on), sich anhängen (follow, tag along), dranbleiben (stay close). (various references)

Greek 

σταματώ (arrest, balk, belay, cease, check, cheese, come to a halt, detain, draw up, give over, grind to a halt, grind to a standstill, halt, knock off, pause, pull up, put pay to, quit, roll to a halt, stall, stay, stop, trig, waste), εμμένω (abide, abide by, adhere, adhere to, persevere, stick, stick to). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאחוז בחוזק�" (clutch), לחכות (await, wait), ל�"תלות (be hung, be suspended), ל�"שאר על �"קו. (various references)

Hungarian

ragad valakire, lóg valakin. (various references)

Indonesian

mengampai (hang out, hit). (various references)

Italian

tenersi stretto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

食い下がる (to doff, to hang on to), 食下がる (to doff, to hang on to), 追い回す (to chase about, to drive hard, to hang on), 壁に掛かる (to hang on the wall). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おいまわす (to chase about, to drive hard, to hang on), くいさがる (to doff, to hang on to), かべにかかる (to hang on the wall). (various references)

Manx

goaill greim (catch, catch on, clinch, clutch, grab, grip). (various references)

Pig Latin

anghay onay

Portuguese

n�o soltar, esperar (abide, anticipate, await, bide, expect, hope, look forward, wait, wait for), depender de (bank on, lie upon, turn on). (various references)

Romanian

se crampona (fasten), se ţine bine de, nu da drumul la, depinde de (depend on, found on, found upon, hinge on, hinge upon, pivot on, rest with). (various references)

Russian 

уцепиться, опереться, зависеть (depend, turn on). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pažljivo slušati (listen attentively), opiti (inebriate, make drunk, narcotize, souse), držati se (acquit, carry, cling, follow, keep, stick to). (various references)

Spanish

resistir (bear, bear up, bear up against, discourage, endure, fight, hang out, hold, hold on, hold out, last, last out, oppose, react, resist, stay, stick, withstand), quedarse (abide, become, come out, keep, Lodge, remain, sit, stay, stay behind, stay over, stick around, stop behind, take, Tarry, wait behind, wait out), guardar (bear, bosom, conserve, envision, fence, filibeg, guard, herd, hold, hold back, hold on to, house, keep, keep back, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay up, leave in, look, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put away, put back, put by, retain, save, shelter, tend, treasure, wait, ward, watch), esperar (abide, anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, due, expect, foresee, hang about, hang around, hold off, hold on, hope, look, look for, look out for, stand about, stand around, stay, stay for, Tarry, think, trust, wait, wait about, wait around, wait for, watch), escuchar (answer, harken, hear, hearken, heed, listen, listen in, listen to, monitor, pay attention to, play back), conservar (can, conserve, house, keep, keep up, lay away, lay by, leave over, maintain, obtain, preserve, recd, receive, recieve, retain), agarrarse firmemente, aferrarse (grapple, hug). (various references)

Swedish

hänga fast. (various references)

Turkish

tutunmak (catch, cling, fasten on, get a grip, get a toe-hold, hold on to), takmak (affix, attach, bother, fix, fixate, give a damn, hang, hitch, hook, infix, set, snag, stick, stock, string, thread, wear), sallanmak (be slung from, bear away, dawdle, dilly dally, dodder, flap, flirt, hang about, hang around, hang down, hover, keep oneself close, loiter, lurch, oscillate, quake, rock, shake, sway, swing, take a swing, teeter, toss, vibrate, waggle, wave, waver, wobble), germek (bag, distend, draw, lift, rack, span, sprawl out, stay, strain, stretch, stretch out, string, tauten, tense, tighten, tighten up), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), dayan (bear up, keep it up), bekletmek (keep smb. waiting, stand up, wait), beklemek (abide, anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, expect, hang about, hang around, have smth. in prospect, hold on, hope, look for, look forward to, mark time, stand by, stay, Tarry, wait, wait for, watch), bekle (hold on), bağlı olmak (appertain, be attached to, be based on, be linked, bound up with, cleave, depend, hang, hinge on, interconnect, interdepend, pay homage to, pivot, relate, rest on, sit under, turn on, turn upon), asmak (bunk, drape, drape over, gibbet, halter, hang, hang out, hang up, neglect, play hooky, post, post up, skip, skive off, sling, string up, suspend, swing, truss, wag), asılmak (accost, be suspended, hang, hang down, make advances to smb., philander, pull, rush, solicit, swing, tug, wrench), asılı durmak (be slung from, hang, latch on to, poise), ümidini yitirmemek, ısrar etmek (be urgent about smth., claim, crowd, hold out, insist, persist, stand on, stand out for, stand upon, stick to it, support, urge). (various references)

Ukrainian

спертися на, не відпускати, залежати від, залишатися вірним (cleave). (various references)

adhereas, adhereat, adhereatis, adhereatisque, adherebat, adherebit, adherebunt, adherent, adherentes, adherere, adhereret, adheret, adheretis, adheserit, adheserunt, adhesi, adhesit, dependeat, dependente, dependentia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hogan, honan.

-2 letters: agon, anon, hang, hong, nona.

-3 letters: ago, gan, goa, hag, hao, hog, hon, nag, nah, nan, nog, noh.

-4 letters: ag, ah, an, go, ha, ho, na, no, oh, on.

+2 letters: gnathion, longhand.

+3 letters: anchoring, enhaloing, gnathions, hamboning, longhands, orphaning, phonating.

+4 letters: anglophone, champignon, fashioning, harpooning, hoarsening, hobnailing, hosannaing.

+5 letters: admonishing, astonishing, champignons, championing, chaperoning, coanchoring, encroaching, handholding, harmonising, harmonizing, landholding, marathoning, megaphoning, nonteaching, outthanking, overhanding, overhanging, unanchoring, unhallowing.