hangs onto
Refuses to release
Hangs onto means to grip tightly or refuse to let go.
Physically, you might hang onto a railing for balance or hang onto someone's arm in a crowd.
Figuratively, it means to keep or retain: She hangs onto every birthday card she's ever received.
Someone who hangs onto hope or a belief maintains it despite difficulty.
- holds tightGrasps without releasing
- graspSeize or understand
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- death gripExtremely tight, unrelenting grasp
- white knuckleCausing tense fear
for dear life · perseverance · tenacity · never gives up · dependence · steadfastness · determination · attachment · sentimentality · hold · nostalgia · cling · fixation · resilience · resolve · devotion · stubbornness · insistence
hangs ontoreleases
Lets go or publishes
relinquishes · gives up · drops · discards · throws away
hangs ontogives up
Ceases effort or resistance
abandons · surrenders · relinquishes · forfeits · cedes
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