hang in

verb

To remain in a particular place or status; to survive, maintain, persist, persevere; to resist.

“hang in there”

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perseverepersisthang onhold on
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Meanings

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

present singular third person hangs in · participle present hanging in · participle past hung in · past hung in

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo remain in a particular place or status; to survive, maintain, persist, persevere; to resist.

    hang in there

    2 more examples

    It feels important to me to have people like yourself who have "hung in" through the various changes and the various battles, because you have such a wealth of information.

    1989 December 3, Pam Mitchell, Ronnie Gilbert, “Carrying On The Honorable Tradition Of 'Protest Music'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 21, page 8

    The brothers hung in there long enough to lay down some sunny album tracks and a few singles with names like "Come Down Baby" and "Monkey Tamarino."

    1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbe persistent, refuse to stop

Similar
perseverepersisthang onhold on
Broader
continueupholdcarry on
Also see
carry onhang onhold onkeep on keeping onperseverepersist

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

hang in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hang%20in

MLA

“hang in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hang%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hang in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hang%20in.

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