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hang to

hang to verb: to cling to (something); to hold on to (something); to refuse to give up (something).

Verb

hang to (third-person singular simple present hangs to, present participle hanging to, simple past and past participle hung to)

  1. (transitive) To cling to (something); to hold on to (something); to refuse to give up (something).

Forms of hang to

third-person singular presenthangs to
present participlehanging to
past participlehung to
pasthung to

Questions about hang to

What does hang to mean?
Hang to means to cling to (something); to hold on to (something); to refuse to give up (something).
What part of speech is hang to?
Hang to is a verb.
What is the past tense of hang to?
The past tense of hang to is hung to.

Words near hang to in the dictionary

  1. hang tens
  2. hang the moon
  3. hang tight
  4. hang time
  5. hang times
  6. hang to
  7. hang together
  8. hang tough
  9. hang up
  10. hang up one's boots
  11. hang up one's fiddle

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