Verb
be persistent, refuse to stop
Source: WordNetOther people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl. Augusten Burroughs
You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's thirteen, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace. You have to hang in there, because two or three years later, the gremlins will return your child and he will be wonderful again. Jill Eikenberry
Even if lives did hang in the balance, it would depend on whose they were. Bill Watterson
Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen. Frances Hodgson Burnett
And meadow rivulets overflow, And drops on gate bars hang in a row, And rooks in families homeward go, And so do I. Thomas Hardy
Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the main idea is to hang in there and not be shoved out the door. Cliff Robertson