Talk:hang tight

RFV discussion: April–May 2022
Rfv-sense "to remain in one's current location" - I've never heard it used this way before, is this an older meaning ? I've added sense #2, which is how I typically hear it used. Leasnam (talk) 05:50, 2 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Sounds like . Equinox ◑ 05:52, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Neither definition seems right to me, nor to MWOnline. DCDuring (talk) 10:30, 2 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I’d have to inspect a bunch of citations, but off the cuff the idiom suggests to me the sense of (sense 6, ) in a situation in which one may be tempted to let go, like a blend (or even mix-up) of  and  .  --Lambiam 13:20, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * To me the MWOnline definition seems, well, spot on. DCDuring (talk) 14:53, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

I have added the "wait expectantly or in anticipation" sense to the RFV, because it does not seem to match the cites any better. I have made a stab at a definition, and backed it up with a boatload of citations, plus a more literal definition (also with citations). Kiwima (talk) 01:41, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 23:07, 15 May 2022 (UTC)