hang onto
Intermediate (B1) informal
To not let go of something, or to keep something you have.
"Hang onto your boarding pass — you'll need it at the gate."
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Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493
Lex Fridman · 27:28
and you just hang onto that for like a week,
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Play Football · 4:48
TRYING TO HANG ONTO THE TOP SPOT IN THE AFC SOUTH.
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Jesse Chappus · 59:23
I was so dizzy, I had to hang onto the desk.
How to Destroy a State
The Present Past · 21:58
you see communist elites turned nationalists were able to hang onto power