"hold onto" meaning in All languages combined

See hold onto on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: holds onto [present, singular, third-person], holding onto [participle, present], held onto [participle, past], held onto [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> onto}} hold onto (third-person singular simple present holds onto, present participle holding onto, simple past and past participle held onto)
  1. To manage to keep something.
    Sense id: en-hold_onto-en-verb-5BuNzBaD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto.
    Sense id: en-hold_onto-en-verb-igAedvJ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (onto) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (onto): 41 59

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