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Collocations for hang - verb

ADVERB

limply, loosely
He had lost weight and the suit hung loosely on him.
uselessly
Her injured arm hung uselessly at her side.
upside down
The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.
down
Large leaves hung down from the branches of the trees.

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PREPOSITION

by
The monkey was hanging by its tail from the beams overhead.
from
Banners hung from every window.

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hang on - PHRASAL VERB

1. keep hold of sth

ADVERB

tight
Hang on tight—we're off.

VERB + hang on

try to

PREPOSITION

for
She hung on for dear life.
to
Hang on to (= keep) those old photographs—they may be valuable.
with
Martin tried to hang on with one hand.

2. wait

ADVERB

a minute, a second
Hang on a minute—I'll just see if he's here.

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Hang is used with these nouns as the subject:
arm, bag, banner, bat, bead, belly, bulb, cigarette, cloud, curl, curtain, decoration, drape, flag, hair, haze, jacket, jaw, lantern, leg, mirror, mist, monkey, moon, painting, picture, portrait, poster, sail, sheet, sign, silence, skin, smoke, towel

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Hang is used with these nouns as the object:
banner, coat, curtain, decoration, flag, head, lantern, mirror, murderer, painting, picture, poster, right, sign, stocking, wallpaper

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