To wait in suspense or expectation on, upon. (Cf. to hang on (a person's) lips at lip, n. 3a.) Obsolete.

To put ‘on the shelf’ or into abeyance; to keep back, delay, detain for an indefinite time. Also to hang it up: to chalk it up, to give credit. slang.

figurative esp. in phrases. to be on (the) tenter(s, i.e. in a position of strain, difficulty, or uneasiness; to be in a state of anxious…

to be on (the) tenterhooks: i.e. in a state of painful suspense or impatience: cf. tenter, n.1 3b.

figurative (or in figurative context): Anything that causes pain, grief, or trouble; in various metaphors, similes, and proverbial expressions, as a…