Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
hang in en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
-
(idiomatic, intransitive) To remain in a particular place or status; to survive, maintain, persist, persevere; to resist.
The brothers hung in there long enough to lay down some sunny album tracks and a few singles with names like "Come Down Baby" and "Monkey Tamarino."
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274:It feels important to me to have people like yourself who have "hung in" through the various changes and the various battles, because you have such a wealth of information.
1989 December 3, Pam Mitchell, Ronnie Gilbert, “Carrying On The Honorable Tradition Of 'Protest Music'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 8:hang in there
Forms
Coordinates
hang on · keep on keeping on
Relateds
hang in the balance