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What does this phrase mean: "Hang on!" Any ideas?



 
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What does this phrase mean: "Hang on!" Any ideas? #1 (permalink) Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:16 am   What does this phrase mean: "Hang on!" Any ideas?		  
What does that mean, when someone keeps saying:
hang on! hang on! ?

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Hang on #2 (permalink) Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:42 am   Hang on		  
Well, depending on the context it can means several things:

- wait a second
- depend upon
- support

So, maybe you can give us the sentence in which you came across that phrasal verb?
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