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hung onto

hung onto is the simple past and past participle 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 hung onto

What is hung onto the simple past and past participle of?
Hung onto is the simple past and past participle of hang onto.

Words near hung onto in the dictionary

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

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