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hangs onto

hangs onto is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang onto.

Meaning of hang onto

Verb

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

  1. to keep
    • They hang onto all these kinds of thing, and insist that only what offers contact and touch is a thing that is.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 246b

Questions about hangs onto

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

Words near hangs onto in the dictionary

  1. hangs one on
  2. hangs one's hat
  3. hangs one's hat on
  4. hangs one's head
  5. hangs one's lip
  6. hangs onto
  7. hangs out
  8. hangs out one's shingle
  9. hangs out to dry
  10. hangs over
  11. hangs over someone's head

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