hang onto
Verb
Meaning
hang onto (third-person singular simple present hangs onto, present participle hanging onto, simple past and past participle hung onto)
to keep
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Examples
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.
Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.
People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack.
It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.
It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.