"hang onto" meaning in English

See hang onto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: hangs onto [present, singular, third-person], hanging onto [participle, present], hung onto [participle, past], hung onto [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hang<,,hung> onto}} hang onto (third-person singular simple present hangs onto, present participle hanging onto, simple past and past participle hung onto)
  1. to keep
    Sense id: en-hang_onto-en-verb-MqW39iCV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "onto", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs onto",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung onto",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> onto"
      },
      "expansion": "hang onto (third-person singular simple present hangs onto, present participle hanging onto, simple past and past participle hung onto)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"onto\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 246b:",
          "text": "They hang onto all these kinds of thing, and insist that only what offers contact and touch is a thing that is.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep"
      ],
      "id": "en-hang_onto-en-verb-MqW39iCV",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang onto"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs onto",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung onto",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> onto"
      },
      "expansion": "hang onto (third-person singular simple present hangs onto, present participle hanging onto, simple past and past participle hung onto)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"onto\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 246b:",
          "text": "They hang onto all these kinds of thing, and insist that only what offers contact and touch is a thing that is.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang onto"
}

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