HOLD ON meaning: Maintain grip, position, or belief

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hold on)

▸ verb:  To grasp or grip firmly.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To persist.

Similar:

grasp, grip, hang in, hang on, hold the line, keep, persevere, stop, persist, break, more...

Opposite:

let go, release, relinquish, surrender, abandon

Phrases:

hold out on, hold on to, laid hold on, lay hold on, laying hold on, more...

Adjectives:

hold, hend, vice, gripple, grippy, handfast, ansated, gripping, lean, grasping, manal

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