hang onto sth
— phrasal verb with hang uk/hæŋ/us/hæŋ/verb
to keep something:
You should hang onto that painting - it might be valuable.
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- Hang on to those books. You never know when you might need them.
- Make sure you hang onto this leaflet. It's important.
- She decided to hang onto the shares for a bit longer.
- She hung onto her ticket as a reminder of her journey.
- Why don't you hang onto it and give it back to me next week?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Keeping and storing things
- appropriate
- aside
- bank
- capture
- cling
- cling (on) to sth
- earmark
- lay
- maintain
- pack sth away
- put sth away
- repository
- reserve
- reserved
- storage
- store
- store sth up
- stow
- stow (sth) away
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