Hold On

Definition: Hold On

Hold On

Verb

1. Hold firmly.

2. Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon".

3. Be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions".

4. Hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder".

5. Retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?" "She kept her maiden name after she married".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hold On

Continuance in action

Verb: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.

Keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way.

Conversation

Verb: talk together, converse, confabulate; hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation; put in a word; shine in conversation; bandy words; parley; palaver; chat, gossip, tattle; prate; (loquacity); powwow.

Permanence

Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.

Perseverance

Verb: persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work; (work); continue; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.

Sequence

Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.

Crosswords: Hold On

Well hold on now, let me talk to you. (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps; writing credit: Jerry Lewis; Steve Oedekerk)

Hold on to your butts. (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

Yeah hold on just a minute. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Hold on, I'll check. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I ain't dead yet you bushwacker, hold on. (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts)

You gotta hold on (Hold On; performing artist: En Vogue)

Just hold on to that feeling (Hold On My Heart; performing artist: Genesis)

Everything'll be alright if ya hold on (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

So I said hold on, I ain't the one (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K)

But hold on 'till that old second wind comes along (You're Only Human (Second Wind); performing artist: Billy Joel)

Hold On! (1966)

Hold On My Heart (performing artist: Genesis)

Hold On (performing artist: Ian Gomm)

Hold On (performing artist: Jamie Walters)

Trying to Hold On to My Woman (performing artist: Lamon Dozier)

Hold On To The Night (performing artist: Richard Marx)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Sierra Jensen Series: Books 9-12/Now Picture This, Hold on Tight, Closer Than Ever, Take My Hand (Sierra Jensen Series) (reference)

• Hold on to the Cro (reference)

• The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America (reference)

• Hold On, Honey, I'll Take You to the Hospital at Halftime: Confessions of a TV Sports Junkie (reference)

• God Knows Parenting Is a Wild Ride: 9 Things to Hold on to (God Knows) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Doc McKenzie & the Hi-Lites: Hold On (reference)

• Hold on to the Nights (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hold On (reference)

• Hold on Hope [EP] [EP] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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A large tree has a tenacious, if tenuous, hold on an eroding bank along Solo Creek, Wye Island. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Vegetation catching hold on bare lava rock. Credit: Small World.

Stranger things have happened. Hold on, and you may walk over the sluggish animal up there yet / Th. Nast. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hold on to Uncle Sam's insurance, the strongest, safest and cheapest insurance in the world - Keep it up after you are back in civil life / James Montgomery Flagg ; Forbes Boston. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They take you, they hold on to you, they never let go of you.

O God, I fear thy justice will take hold On me, and you, and mine, and yours, for this!

I like sometimes to take rank hold on life and spend my day more as the animals do.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Hold on to grab bars for support when getting in and out of the bathtub or shower. (references)

On the scalp behind the ears and near the neckline at the back of the neck. Head lice hold on to hair with hook-like claws found at the end of each of their six legs. Head lice are rarely found onthe body, eyelashes, or eyebrows. (references)

Business

France Telecom has also retained a hold on fixed-line clients, by its ownership of the last local loop, and leasing it to other providers that offer the service at a discount. (references)

This company targets the medium and medium-high niche markets with its products, especially since low-quality products, which are mainly marketed via direct marketing, are slowly starting to lose their hold on the market. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

However, basic legal safeguards for freedom of expression are lacking, and the independent press has been subjected to arbitrary enforcement measures by elements of the Government, notably the judiciary, which see in such debates a threat to their own hold on power. (references)

Economic History

Taiwan

After 1986, the KMT's hold on power was challenged by the emergence of competing political parties. (references)

France

Currently France Telecom retains a hold on fixed-line clients through its ownership of the last local-loop. (references)

Political Economy

Burma

Since it seized power in 1988, the junta has shown no inclination to cede its hold on power. (references)

Pakistan

Bhutto's hold on power received a further boost in November 1993, when Farooq Leghari, a PPP stalwart, was elected President. (references)

Mexico

In July 2000, voters elected President Vicente Fox Quesada of the Alliance for Change Coalition in historic elections that observers judged to be generally free and fair, and that ended the Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) 71-year hold on the presidency. (references)

Political Rights

Egypt

Two seats remained vacant throughout the year due to a court-imposed hold on elections on the basis of procedural irregularities. (references)

Mexico

Observers, both international and domestic, judged the elections, which ended the PRI's 71-year hold on the presidency, to be generally free and fair. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "hold on": have a hold on smth. ♦ hold on a moment! ♦ hold on centers ♦ hold on like grim death ♦ hold on the even tenor of one's way ♦ hold on to ♦ hold on to a hope ♦ hold on turn into ridicule ♦ To hold on ♦ To lay hold on. Additional references.

Albanian

vazhdoj (carry on, carry over, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, hold over, keep, keep on, maintain, pick up, press on, proceed, prosecute, pursue, push on, run, spread), shtrëngoj fort (tie tightly), prit, nuk lëshoj, mbahem (carry, comport, hold, hold one's own, keep, remit), kapem (cling, fasten, hitch, hold on to, tussle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قف, ‏واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, keep, persist, press, proceed, pursue, push, push along, push on, roll on, stay, stick to smth., sustain), ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

чакам на телефона, крепя (hold, poise, prop up, retain, steady, uphold), не затварям телефона, издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, sustain, take, wear out, withstand), държа се (acquit oneself, act, bear, bear up, comport, comport oneself, conduct oneself, demean, deport oneself, hold, hold one's own, quit, stand out, stick, walk). (various references)

Chinese 

�' (climb, cling to, crawl, dig up, hold on to, pull, push aside, rake, snatch, to strip). (various references)

Czech

vytrvat (hang on, hold out, persevere, persist, press on, soldier on), vydržet (bear, endure, hold out, last, spin out, stand, stay, stick it out, stomach, sustain, take, tolerate, undergo, withstand), poèkat (hang on, wait). (various references)

Danish

opspænding mellem pinoler (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers). (various references)

Dutch

tussen de centers draaien (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers). (various references)

Finnish

älä sulje puhelinta (hold the line). (various references)

French

se retenir de, continuer (hold). (various references)

German

heben (boost, bring out, bring up, dig up, elevate, enhance, heave, heaved, heighten, hold, hove, improve, increase, lever, lift, lift up, lifting, pick up, put up, raise, raise up, rise, to hoist, to lift), warten (abide, attend, await, camp-on, expect, hang about, hold off, look after, lookouts, maintain, nurse, service, tend, tend to, to service, wait, wait about, wait around, wait for, waiting), sich halten (abide by, bear, bear up, carry oneself, control oneself, hang on, hold, hold oneself, hold out, keep, last, linger, obey, save, stay, stick), sich festhalten (hang on, latch on), festhalten (adherence, capture, cling, conventionalism, detain, emphasize, held, hold, hold down, hold on to, holding, intern, keep hold of, record, retain, to hold down, to hold tight, to retain), durchhalten (hold out, keep up, last out, persevere, sit trough, stay, stick it out, survive, to keep up, withstand), aushalten (abide, bear, born, borne, carry out, endure, hold out, perseverance, persevere, persist, put up with, sit trough, stand, suffer, survive, sustain, take, to endure, to hold out, to sustain, withstand). (various references)

Greek 

κάνω υπομονή, περιμένω (abide, await, bide, contemplate, expect, wait, wait on). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"מתין (await, wait), ל�"אחז (grasp, grip, keep). (various references)

Hungarian

megkapaszkodik (to cling to sg), kitart (insist, keep on, last out, persevere, to carry on, to hang in there, to hold on, to hold out, to hold to, to last, to last out, to maintain one's point, to persist in, to stick by), folytatja az útját. (various references)

Indonesian

memegangi (hold on to, take hold of), gamblok (be attached to, hold on to), berpegangan (hold on to each other, hold on to something), berpegang (hold on to). (various references)

Italian

reggere (be ruled, bear, govern, hold, hold out, last, manage, rule, run, stand, sway, take, wield). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� �張って (Go for it, Keep at it). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

が�"ばって (Go for it, Keep at it). (various references)

Manx

cummal rish (endure, last, standby), cummal er. (various references)

Pig Latin

oldhay onay

Portuguese

persistir (abide, abide by, insist, live up to, persevere, persist), manter-se firme (adhere, hold one's ground, hold out, persevere, persist), continuar (abide, carry on, continue, endure, go ahead, go along, go on, keep, keep on, last, lengthen, maintain, proceed, proceed with, progress, prolong, prosecute, run, stay). (various references)

Romanian

stai (avast, hollo), o clipã (half a mo, half a moment, just a moment), nu da drumul, aşteaptã. (various references)

Russian 

крепить (constipate, shore, stregthen), вцепиться, держаться (cling, keep, keep in the background, stand, stay in the background). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pridržati, pričekati (hold for a while, wait). (various references)

Spanish

seguir esperando, resistir (bear, bear up, bear up against, discourage, endure, fight, hang on, hang out, hold, hold out, last, last out, oppose, react, resist, stay, stick, withstand), esperar (abide, anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, due, expect, foresee, hang about, hang around, hang on, hold off, hope, look, look for, look out for, stand about, stand around, stay, stay for, Tarry, think, trust, wait, wait about, wait around, wait for, watch), defenderse (acquit, defend oneself, fence, fend, fight, hit back, stand up for, stick up for), aguantar (abide, acquiesce, bear, Brook, endure, hang out, hold out, keep, last out, persevere, put up, put up with, ride out, sit down under, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, take, tolerate, wear, weather), agarrarse bien, ánimo (animus, come on, courage, encouragement, fight, go it, mettle, mind, never say die, soul, zest). (various references)

Swedish

hålla fast (cling, hold firm), stopp ett tag. (various references)

Thai

ยึ�"ไว้ (keep a firm hold on), ควบคุมต่อ (keep a tight hold on). (various references)

Turkish

tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), sarılmak (arm, be wrapped, canoodle, clasp, clasp smb. in one's arms, cling, clip, coil, coil up, cuddle, give a hug, give smb. a hug, hug, snuggle, twine, wind), durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, harp, hold, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, pull up, remain, rest, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop), dur (halt, hist, hold, hold it, nix, stop, whoa), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), beklemek (abide, anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, expect, hang about, hang around, hang on, have smth. in prospect, hope, look for, look forward to, mark time, stand by, stay, Tarry, wait, wait for, watch), bekle (hang on), bağlanmak (adhere, attach, be attached to, be committed, be stuck on, be tied, be wedded to, cling, conjoin, connect, engage, fasten, hang, have down on smb., hitch, lace, Wed, yoke, yoke together). (various references)

Ukrainian

стій (halt, nix, off), тирматися, вчепитися, прикріплювати (tack, tack on), почекай. (various references)

Welsh

gafael am (grab hold of, grasp, hold on to). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: hold, hood, loon, nolo.

-3 letters: dol, don, hod, hon, loo, nod, noh, noo, oho, old, ooh.

-4 letters: do, ho, lo, no, od, oh, on.

+2 letters: handloom.

+3 letters: handlooms, wolfhound.

+4 letters: bloodhound, bondholder, clothbound, conchoidal, holystoned, indophenol, polyhedron, stronghold, unschooled, wolfhounds.

+5 letters: bloodhounds, bondholders, buttonholed, clodhopping, indophenols, moonlighted, notochordal, overholding, pigeonholed, podophyllin, polyhedrons, roadholding, strongholds.