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hanging in

hanging in is the present participle and gerund of hang in.

Meaning of hang in

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To remain in a particular place or status; to survive, maintain, persist, persevere; to resist.
    • hang in there

Questions about hanging in

What is hanging in the present participle and gerund of?
Hanging in is the present participle and gerund of hang in.

Words near hanging in in the dictionary

  1. hanging five
  2. hanging garden
  3. hanging gardens
  4. hanging heavy
  5. Hanging Houghton
  6. hanging in
  7. hanging in the balance
  8. hanging indent
  9. hanging indentation
  10. hanging indentations
  11. hanging indents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hanging in (page history and authors); hang in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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