hang on
hang
hÃĻng
hāng
on
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/hˈaŋ ˈɒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hang on"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to hang on
[phrase form: hang]
01

āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to ask someone to wait briefly or pause for a moment
to hang on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you hang on for a moment?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
02

āĻĻā§‹āώ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϭ⧁āϞ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧋

to unfairly blame someone for something
to hang on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't try to hang the failure on me; it was a team effort.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž; āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to persist and refuse to give up, especially in difficult or challenging situations
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She told herself to hang on even when things seemed impossible.
āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύ, āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to remain on the line during a phone call, typically while waiting for someone to become available to talk
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The receptionist asked the caller to hang on as she transferred the call to the appropriate department.
āϰāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻĒāĻļāύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ•āϞāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϞāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻā§āϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to be dependent on something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's survival hangs on its ability to adapt to changing market conditions.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž, āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to grasp or hold onto something tightly for balance or to prevent falling
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In strong winds, it's crucial to hang on to your hat to prevent it from blowing away.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇, āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϟ⧁āĻĒāĻŋ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
07

āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to pay close attention on something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the important meeting, she hung on to every detail of the presentation.
āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to stay in a state of waiting until a specific event or outcome occurs
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We 'll have to hang on a bit longer to hear the final decision.
āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
09

āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to last longer than expected
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bad weather hung on for the entire weekend, ruining outdoor plans.
āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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