See hang on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Everything hangs on whether the boss agrees.",
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"ref": "2021 April 29, Gemma L. Williams, Tim Wharton, Caroline Jagoe, “Mutual (Mis)understanding: Reframing Autistic Pragmatic “Impairments” Using Relevance Theory”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 12, →DOI:",
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"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The audience hangs on his every word.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration."
],
"links": [
[
"attention",
"attention"
],
[
"obsequious",
"obsequious"
],
[
"admiration",
"admiration"
]
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's got a philosophy he hangs on to.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To continually believe in something; to have faith in."
],
"links": [
[
"believe",
"believe"
],
[
"faith",
"faith"
]
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: hang in"
},
{
"text": "Just hang on and keep going; this pain won't last forever.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1972, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Perfect Day”:",
"text": "It's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spend it with you / Such a perfect day you just keep me hanging on / You just keep me hanging on",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1973, “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:",
"text": "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To persevere."
],
"links": [
[
"persevere",
"persevere"
]
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Everything hangs on whether the boss agrees.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 April 29, Gemma L. Williams, Tim Wharton, Caroline Jagoe, “Mutual (Mis)understanding: Reframing Autistic Pragmatic “Impairments” Using Relevance Theory”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 12, →DOI:",
"text": "Medically, autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder, hanging on a set of observed and reported behavioral characteristics.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To depend upon."
],
"links": [
[
"depend",
"depend"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hang upon"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To weigh down or oppress."
],
"links": [
[
"weigh down",
"weigh down"
],
[
"oppress",
"oppress"
]
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on."
],
"links": [
[
"hang",
"hang#English"
],
[
"on",
"on#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "store something for someone",
"word": "keep"
},
{
"sense": "store something for someone",
"word": "store"
},
{
"sense": "continually believe in something",
"word": "keep faith"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "odottaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "kurz warten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "várj/várjon egy kicsit"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "máris jövök/megnézem"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dokkoi",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "どっこい"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "tāria"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "esperar aí"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "dad ort"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "vänta nu"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "wait a minute",
"word": "sandali"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "alkroĉiĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "alkroĉi sin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "pitää kiinni"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "festhalten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "afferrare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "agarrar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "agarrar-se (em)"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
"word": "hawak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "säilyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "aufbewahren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "halten"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "guardar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "guardar"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "pahawak"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "pabantay"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
"word": "patago"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay close attention to, or regard with admiration",
"word": "hängen an"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "continually believe in something",
"word": "pitää kiinni"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "continually believe in something",
"word": "festhalten"
},
{
"alt": "взглядов",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridérživatʹsja",
"sense": "continually believe in something",
"word": "приде́рживаться"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "continually believe in something",
"word": "magtiwala"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "continually believe in something",
"word": "maniwala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "sinnitellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "purra hammasta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "durchhalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "dranbleiben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "resistere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deržatʹsja",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "держаться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "aguantar"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "magpakatatag"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "persevere",
"word": "dayanmak"
}
],
"word": "hang on"
}
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