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hold on

Definitions

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  • verb To grasp or grip firmly.
  • verb idiomatic To keep; to store something for someone.
  • verb idiomatic Wait a short while.
  • verb idiomatic To remain loyal.
  • verb idiomatic To persist

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb retain possession of
  • verb be persistent, refuse to stop
  • verb stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
  • verb hold the phone line open
  • verb hold firmly

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synonyms (178)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abide
  2. adhere
  3. adhere to
  4. agglomerate
  5. aim
  6. aim at
  7. await
  8. be caught short
  9. be short
  10. bear up
  11. belong
  12. bend
  13. bide
  14. bide the issue
  15. bite
  16. bucket
  17. bucketshop
  18. bunch
  19. carry on
  20. cease not
  21. clasp
  22. cleave
  23. cleave to
  24. clench
  25. clinch
  26. cling
  27. cling to
  28. clip
  29. clot
  30. cluster
  31. clutch
  32. coagulate
  33. cohere
  34. come up fighting
  35. congeal
  36. conglomerate
  37. continue
  38. continue to be
  39. dally
  40. dawdle
  41. defeat time
  42. defy time
  43. delay
  44. deposit margin
  45. determine
  46. dillydally
  47. direct
  48. directionize
  49. drag on
  50. dwell
  51. embrace
  52. endure
  53. exist
  54. extend
  55. fix
  56. fix on
  57. freeze to
  58. go along
  59. go long
  60. go on
  61. grapple
  62. grasp
  63. grip
  64. gripe
  65. grow together
  66. hang about
  67. hang around
  68. hang in
  69. hang in there
  70. hang on
  71. hang on to
  72. hang together
  73. hang tough
  74. hold
  75. hold everything
  76. hold fast
  77. hold on to
  78. hold out
  79. hold steady
  80. hold tight
  81. hold together
  82. hold up
  83. hold your horses
  84. hug
  85. jog on
  86. keep
  87. keep going
  88. keep hold of
  89. keep on
  90. last
  91. last long
  92. last out
  93. level at
  94. linger
  95. live
  96. live on
  97. live through
  98. live through it
  99. live with it
  100. loiter
  101. maintain
  102. make a killing
  103. make a scoop
  104. margin up
  105. mark time
  106. mass
  107. miss the market
  108. never cease
  109. never let go
  110. never say die
  111. nip
  112. not give up
  113. operate
  114. overstay the market
  115. perdure
  116. perennate
  117. persist
  118. play the market
  119. plunge
  120. point
  121. point at
  122. point to
  123. present
  124. prevail
  125. pyramid
  126. remain
  127. run
  128. run on
  129. scalp
  130. scoop the market
  131. set
  132. sight on
  133. sit tight
  134. sit up
  135. slog on
  136. solidify
  137. speculate
  138. stag
  139. stag the market
  140. stagger on
  141. stand
  142. stand up
  143. stay
  144. stay it out
  145. stay on
  146. stay put
  147. stay the distance
  148. stay up
  149. stay with it
  150. stick
  151. stick around
  152. stick it
  153. stick it out
  154. stick out
  155. stick to
  156. stick to it
  157. stick together
  158. stick with it
  159. subsist
  160. survive
  161. sustain
  162. take a flier
  163. take hold of
  164. take time
  165. tarry
  166. tide over
  167. tough it out
  168. trade on margin
  169. train
  170. train upon
  171. turn
  172. turn upon
  173. venture
  174. wait
  175. wait a minute
  176. wait and see
  177. wear
  178. wear well

hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. await
  2. break
  3. expect
  4. interrupt
  5. look
  6. wait

relateds (3)

relateds

  1. hang on
  2. hold up
  3. on hold

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