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  1. hang on for dear life. To hang on to something very tightly, as if one's life depended on it. The hiker grabbed a root as she fell off the cliff, and had to hang on for dear life while she waited for the rescue crew.

  2. Nov 14, 2021 · Synonyms: hold on for dear life. Hang on for dear life informal verb phrase cliché. To hold something tightly, as though one's life depended on it. She grabbed the rope and hung on for dear life, so he could pull her up. She has given me hope and I must hang on for dear life.

  3. hang on for dear life. If you hang (or hold) on for dear life, you are in a dangerous situation and grip something firmly so as not to fall. "Andy took his mother on the back of his motorbike where she hung on for dear life!" live to tell the tale. Someone who lives to tell the tale survives a terrible experience.

  4. hang on for dear life. To hang on to something very tightly, as if one's life depended on it. The hiker grabbed a root as she fell off the cliff, and had to hang on for dear life while she waited for the rescue crew.

  5. : very tightly or quickly because of fear or danger. He was hanging/holding on to the rope for dear life. They were running for dear life to get away from the vicious dogs. Examples of for dear life in a Sentence.

  6. for dear life. idiom. Add to word list. Add to word list. as if you fear you will die: Once the rollercoaster got going, we were hanging on for dear life. (Definition of for dear life from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  7. 1. The Guardian - Sport. I thought I was hanging on for third place; I was hanging on for dear life". 2. BBC. He's hanging on for dear life. 3. The New Yorker. Just hanging on for dear life. 4. The Guardian. They were hanging on for dear life, too. 5. The New York Times. And you're hanging on for dear life". 6. The Guardian - Music. Show more...

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