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hangs in

hangs in is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hangs in

What is hangs in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hangs in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang in.

Words near hangs in in the dictionary

  1. hangs by a thread
  2. hangs by the eyelids
  3. hangs fire
  4. hangs five
  5. hangs heavy
  6. hangs in
  7. hangs in the balance
  8. hangs loose
  9. hangs low
  10. hangs off
  11. hangs on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hangs 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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