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"To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence."
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "holde stand"
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "pitää pystyssä"
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "tenir la boutique"
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"word": "tenir le pot droit"
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"word": "garder la boutique"
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "die Stellung halten"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "tartja a frontot"
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"To maintain a secure position."
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "holde stand"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "pitää pystyssä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "tenir la boutique"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "tenir le pot droit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "garder la boutique"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "die Stellung halten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
"word": "tartja a frontot"
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"sense": "to assume or take responsibility",
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"word": "brać odpowiedzialność"
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"word": "hold the fort"
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