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Jenne Phuong
2021-07-12 10:07
Hang on (someone's) every word phrase
The phrase can be rewritten as "hang on to someone's every word".
If a person "hangs on someone's every word", he/she pays full attention to someone's speech and listens intently to what one is saying.
His voice is so charming that all the audiences are hanging on his every word.
My family hung on the reporter's every word when she was delivering the facts about a dreadful accident in the highway.
Although I had already hung on the chef's every word, I couldn't remember his special recipe.
The verb "hang" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The phrasal verb "hang on" originated from the invention of cloth hangers in the 19th century in England. People started to use the phrasal verb "hang on" to mean "holding on tightly or not letting go" given the way they remained attached to whatever surface they are placed on. Soon, it made its way into everyday use.
Do you see anything wrong?
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.
