hang on tight

hang Verb

— When you hang things, you suspend them in the air using rope, wire, or some other means. Now, I hang this picture on the wall. I hung the picture on the wall yesterday. The picture was still hanging on the wall this morning. He hung onto the rope so that he would not fall.

hang Verb

— When a person is held in the air by a rope around his/her neck until dead, the person is hanged. Some states and nations hanged people as punishment for murdering of another.

on Preposition

— positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above The apple is on the table. — at the date of Tim was born on the 4th of July. — along, forwards (continuing an action) drive on, rock on — about, dealing with the subject of I have a book on history. There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago. — touching; hanging from I have no money on me at the moment. I would like to eat the fruit on the trees. — because of, due to He was arrested on suspicion of bribery. I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it. The stock price increased on news of a new product.

on Adjective

— If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating. The television is on. The lights are on, so it is very bright.

tight Adjective

— If mathx/math is tight, it fits closely and strongly to mathy/math. The bandage on your finger should not be too tight or your finger may turn blue. The police kept tight control during the speech. — If a string is tight its ends are as far apart as possible. A tight rope is in a straight line.

tight Adverb

— if you close or tie something tight, you do it strongly or closely so that it won't change easily. He closed the door tight behind them. Hold on tight and I'll pull you up.