hang onto
Example Sentences
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Chances are, if you hang onto it long enough, you’ll make your money back, with perhaps a little extra.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
That is a somewhat granular data point that pessimists will hang onto, as they fear “white box” competition, or the emergence of Big Tech’s own equipment taking share from Arista’s.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
“I guess what I’m saying is hang onto your Tesla stock,” he added later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
But in the thin upper atmosphere, carbon dioxide can’t hang onto its extra heat.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025
He would hang onto these rocks, all right, of that he was certain.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
