to hold something tightly or carefully so that you do not drop it or do not fall
to keep trying to win or succeed
to manage to stay alive or continue to do something or deal with something in a difficult or dangerous situation
to wait
used for telling someone to listen or think
used for telling someone to stop or wait
Aberdeen held on to go level with Motherwell.
Can you hurry up in the bathroom – I can’t hold on much longer.
Frank got a hold on himself, smiling at how on edge his nerves were.
Hold on tight everyone – the driver’s getting ready to go.
Hold on! You forgot your card!
Hold on, that won’t work.
Now hold on a minute! I never said that.
Talking's brought us closer, and now I... I... "He tightened his hold on me.
They rarely touched on the subject of their other lives, placed on hold on the far side of the world.
We’ll hold on another minute, then we’ll have to go.
You just have to hold on until the ambulance arrives.
You're young, you're strong: you're a fool to let the grog get such a hold on you.
holds on
holding on
held on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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