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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hanging onto" is a perfectly acceptable and commonly used phrase in written English
It is usually used to mean "holding onto something tightly with a feeling of desperation or urgency". For example: "The lifeboat was quickly filling with water, and the passengers were desperately hanging onto the sides in a last-ditch effort for survival."
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"I'm just hanging onto his shirttails".
"I was hanging onto the security.
As is hanging onto the ball.
They're still hanging onto the violence, they are not reflecting".
It's about hanging onto someone else for dear life".
Which presents another option: hanging onto the house you've bought.
Why the concern over hanging onto one's gallbladder?
Barber has had trouble hanging onto the ball.
Returns showed Mr. Mondello barely hanging onto a delegate slot.
But was he hanging onto Lemieux at other times?
He said a Jets defender was hanging onto Griese's leg.
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