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[ verb ] hold firmly
Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)He may respect too_much the Italian tradition of letting singers hold_on to their notes , but to restrain them in a singers ' opera may be quite difficult . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)He slapped the reins on the back of the powerful gray horse and held_on as the sulky 's wheels hit a pothole and came_out with a jolt and went_on . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)He ran on his plump sticks of legs , freezing now_and_again into the sudden startled attitudes which the camera had caught and held_on the paling photographs , all carefully placed and glued and labeled , resting in the fat plush album in the bottom drawer of the escritoire . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Hold_on tight . |
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[ verb ] be persistent, refuse to stop
Examples "he persisted to call me every night" "The child persisted and kept asking questions" Used in print (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)`` Now , hold_on , damn_it ; I won n't '' - Related terms continue stick_to plug obstinate ask_for_it doggedness perseverance |
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[ verb ] hold the phone line open
Synonyms Examples "Please hang on while I get your folder" Used in print (Jean Mercier, Whatever You Do, Don't Panic....)Somehow managing to get_out a cool , poised , `` Wo n't you hold_on a second , please '' , I covered up the mouthpiece , and with more warmth and less poise , gave a quick lecture on crime and punishment , mostly the latter , including Devil 's Island and the remoter reaches of Siberia . |
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