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
Inventory is especially scarce right now as would-be sellers continue to hang onto their low-rate mortgages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Molinari will have plenty of work to do to hang onto his lead with a host of top players in the field this week.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
But in the thin upper atmosphere, carbon dioxide can’t hang onto its extra heat.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025
He spoke in a way that made me want to hang onto his every word.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
