Synonyms for hanging on
hang·ing on

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1. hanging on

   Synonyms:
   persistence, tenacity, importunity

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1. Joe Chandler:

   I was invited to an election party to stay up into the night with everybody gnawing their nails, hanging on and I thought, oh there has to be abetterway.

2. Renato Reyes:

   To stand up to China, we need to develop our economy and our capacity for external defence. We can't do this by hanging on the coat tails of Uncle Sam.

3. The New York Times:

   When Mr. Alexander repeatedly insisted that he had no information, one officer pointed to a plastic bag hanging on some pipes, asked if he knew what it was for and said, 'You know what waterboarding is?' Mr. Alexander recalled, the officer then put the bag over his head and started beating him again, Mr. Alexander said.

4. John Amatt:

   Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply To the day to day obstacles of life - Facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, Testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, Discovering our own unique potentional.

5. Mark Zandi:

   A lot of retailers are hanging on because the broader economic environment is strong, interest rates are low, credit is available, no sector is more dependent on credit. If a recession comes, credit will get cut off both to the consumers and the retailers. That is going to mean a rash of bankruptcies and a lot of lost jobs.