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hang on verb- to wait; to wait while using a telephone UK
Often used in the imperative. - Hang on a minute, Vale. May I say something, sir? — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 106, 1959
- — The Supremes You Keep Me Hangin’ On, 1966
- Hey! Hang on, fellas! We’re falling out with each other in our first proper meeting. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 52, 1999
- to make a criminal charge against US
- He’d been pushing for five years, and they couldn’t hang one on him. — William Burroughs, Naked Lunch, p. 211, 1957
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