She grasped the side of the boat and hung on for dear life.hunghung /hʌŋ/ 
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She grasped the side of the boat and hung on for dear life. Her dress hung in soft folds. The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over French politics.
a past tense and past participle of hang She grasped the side of the boat and hung on for dear life. Her dress hung in soft folds. (=one that cannot agree whether someone is guilty of a crime)· The trial ended with a hung jury.
The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over French politics.