hang in
verb
hung in; hanging in; hangs in
informal : to refuse to be discouraged or intimidated : to keep going, trying, or working in a difficult situation
—often used in the phrase hang in there
… did not hang in long enough to win even a battle.—
Marvin E. Frankel
Marvin E. Frankel
Hoping to hang in until some series he works on runs five years and makes him $50 million in syndication …—Chris Chase
Chris Chase
If there was ever a mismatched couple it was this one, but the children begged them to hang in there.—Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh
If she hung in there long enough, he would change. It just took a lot of patience with a little reasoning.—Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor
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But the Ballances were more than gallant warriors – in fact, a life-size oil painting of Marti’s great-grandfather Charles Ballance’s wife and children – including her grandfather Willis as a 3-year-old – hangs in a place of honor at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield. —Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 But mail delivery to military ZIP codes across the Middle East has been indefinitely suspended as of April, and packages in transit now hang in limbo. —Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026 Here, the installation features multitudes of yicas hanging in an elliptical arrangement on the white surface of the wall, each produced by an individual member of the group. —María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026 Throughout season two, rabid fans have started scrutinizing every corner of every scene for Easter eggs, which explains a recent viral post on X about a picture of a cat hanging in the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s break room. —Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hang in
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Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 But mail delivery to military ZIP codes across the Middle East has been indefinitely suspended as of April, and packages in transit now hang in limbo. —Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026 Here, the installation features multitudes of yicas hanging in an elliptical arrangement on the white surface of the wall, each produced by an individual member of the group. —María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026 Throughout season two, rabid fans have started scrutinizing every corner of every scene for Easter eggs, which explains a recent viral post on X about a picture of a cat hanging in the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s break room. —Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hang in
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