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View synonyms for hang in

hang in

verb

  1. informal.
    intr, preposition to persist

    just hang in there for a bit longer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Also, hang in there . Keep at something, persevere. For example, We decided to hang in until we had figured out why the experiment failed , or Hang in there! You'll soon catch on to the language . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
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Example Sentences

You three come out of there practically together—Jeff a-hang-in' onto you and you a-hangin' onto your picture.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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