Akademik

hang on
verb
1. fix to; attach (Freq. 4)
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append a charm to the necklace

• Syn: ↑append, ↑tag on, ↑tack on, ↑tack
• Derivationally related forms: ↑appendage (for: ↑append)
• Hypernyms: ↑attach
• Hyponyms: ↑subjoin
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something to somebody

2. be persistent, refuse to stop (Freq. 3)
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he persisted to call me every night

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The child persisted and kept asking questions

• Syn: ↑persevere, ↑persist, ↑hang in, ↑hold on
• Derivationally related forms: ↑persistent (for: ↑persist), ↑persistency (for: ↑persist), ↑persistence (for: ↑persist), ↑perseveration (for: ↑persevere), ↑perseverance (for: ↑persevere)
• Hypernyms: ↑continue, ↑uphold, ↑carry on, ↑bear on, ↑preserve
• Hyponyms:
↑obstinate, ↑ask for it, ↑ask for trouble, ↑plug, ↑plug away, ↑stick to, ↑stick with, ↑follow
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s to INFINITIVE

 (for: ↑persist)
3. hold the phone line open
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Please hang on while I get your folder

• Syn: ↑hold the line, ↑hold on
• Topics: ↑telephone, ↑telephony
• Hypernyms: ↑expect, ↑look, ↑await, ↑wait
• Entailment: ↑call, ↑telephone, ↑call up, ↑phone, ↑ring
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.