"hold one's own" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hold one's own.ogg [Australia] Forms: holds one's own [present, singular, third-person], holding one's own [participle, present], held one's own [participle, past], held one's own [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> one's own}} hold one's own (third-person singular simple present holds one's own, present participle holding one's own, simple past and past participle held one's own)
  1. (idiomatic) To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: stand tall Related terms: hold up one's end Translations (demonstrate oneself to be capable): nie skrik vir koue pampoen nie (Afrikaans), haar op zijn tanden hebben (Dutch), zijn mannetje staan (Dutch), pitää puolensa (Finnish), pitää pintansa (Finnish), se montrer à la hauteur (French), se montrer capable (French), bien se défendre (French), tenir son rang (French), megállja a helyét (Hungarian), standa sig (Icelandic), halda sínum hlut (Icelandic), fara ekki halloka (Icelandic), hafa við einhverjum (Icelandic), radzić sobie [imperfective] (Polish), poradzić sobie (Polish), постоя́ть за себя́ (postojátʹ za sebjá) (Russian), mostrarse capaz (Spanish), mostrarse a la altura (Spanish), defenderse bien (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hold_one's_own-en-verb-8LpkWatf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "nie skrik vir koue pampoen nie"
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "se montrer à la hauteur"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
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      "word": "bien se défendre"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "megállja a helyét"
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "standa sig"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "halda sínum hlut"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "fara ekki halloka"
    },
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "hafa við einhverjum"
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "poradzić sobie"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postojátʹ za sebjá",
      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "постоя́ть за себя́"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "mostrarse capaz"
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      "sense": "demonstrate oneself to be capable",
      "word": "mostrarse a la altura"
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