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单词 hangs on
释义

hang on

verb

hung on; hanging on; hangs on

intransitive verb

1
: to keep hold : hold on to something
2
: to persist tenaciously
a cold that hung on all spring
3
: hold on sense 2
Phrases
hang on to
: to hold, grip, or keep tenaciously

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hangs on

verb

present tense third-person singular of hang on
1
as in carries on

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • carries on
  • digs in
  • keeps up
  • perseveres
  • persists
  • knuckles down
  • follows through (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • knocks off
  • quits
  • gives in
  • yields
  • submits
  • bows
  • hangs back
  • succumbs
  • surrenders
  • gives up
  • hesitates
  • falters
  • vacillates
  • wobbles
  • wabbles
  • wavers
  • shilly-shallies
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2
as in holds on

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • holds on
  • hangs around
  • waits
  • sticks around
  • awaits
  • remains
  • dwells
  • lingers
  • stays
  • loiters
  • tarries
  • abides
  • dawdles
  • overstays
  • outstays
  • dallies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • walks out
  • gets off
  • takes off
  • shoves (off)
  • leaves
  • moves
  • pulls out
  • pushes off
  • bails out
  • goes
  • exits
  • clears out
  • buzzes (off)
  • packs (up or off)
  • departs
  • gets out
  • quits
  • pushes on
  • runs away
  • bails
  • peels off
  • clears off
  • goes off
  • cuts out
  • flies
  • skips
  • bugs out
  • flees
  • books
  • vamooses
  • evacuates
  • pikes (out or off)
  • absconds
  • scats
  • abandons
  • deserts
  • vacates
  • forsakes
  • scrams
  • decamps
  • escapes
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