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

But in a game that featured 24 lead changes the Rockets couldn't hang onto the 13-point lead they took into the final quarter.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

But in the thin upper atmosphere, carbon dioxide can’t hang onto its extra heat.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025

Why, with a car like that, he would no longer have to hang onto his tail to keep it from tangling in the spokes.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary