"hold on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hold on.ogg Forms: holds on [present, singular, third-person], holding on [participle, present], held on [participle, past], held on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> on}} hold on (third-person singular simple present holds on, present participle holding on, simple past and past participle held on)
  1. To grasp or grip firmly. Synonyms: hold tight, hang on, last, remain Synonyms (grasp or grip firmly): belock Related terms: hang on, hold up, on hold Translations (to hold, grasp, or grip): vasthouden (Dutch), alteniĝi (Esperanto), pitää kiinni (Finnish), s’accrocher (French), kapaszkodik (Hungarian), megkapaszkodik (Hungarian), belekapaszkodik (Hungarian), tenersi (Italian), aggrapparsi (Italian), держаться (deržatʹsja) (Russian), hawak (Tagalog), tutunmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hold_on-en-verb-X1IRwdu2 Disambiguation of 'grasp or grip firmly': 97 0 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of 'to hold, grasp, or grip': 89 0 3 3 2 3
  2. (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (store something for someone): keep, store Translations (to keep; to store something for someone): säilyttää (Finnish), garder (French), vigyáz (Hungarian), tenere (Italian), conservare (Italian), подержать (poderžatʹ) (Russian), pahawak (Tagalog), pabantay (Tagalog), patago (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-hold_on-en-verb-Hm6luCPE Disambiguation of 'store something for someone': 5 95 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to keep; to store something for someone': 0 94 3 0 3 0
  3. (idiomatic) To retain an advantage. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hold_on-en-verb-igw8aaPQ
  4. (idiomatic) Wait a short while. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (wait a short while): cool one's heels Translations (wait a minute): 且慢 (qiěmàn) (Chinese Mandarin), wachten (Dutch), odottaa (Finnish), warten (German), vár (egy kicsit: a minute) (Hungarian), aspettare un po' (Italian), aspettare un attimo (Italian), aspettare un momento (Italian), aspettare un istante (Italian), attendere (Italian), ちょっと待つ (chotto matsu) (Japanese), czekać (Polish), esperar um pouco (Portuguese), подождать (podoždatʹ) (Russian), повременить (povremenitʹ) (Russian), aguantar (Spanish), bancar (Spanish), sandali (Tagalog), ช้าก่อน (cháa-gɔ̀ɔn) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-hold_on-en-verb-PMH6wmkd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 22 44 6 16 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 11 6 15 50 10 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 7 11 58 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 5 14 50 8 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 10 67 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 9 16 44 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 6 15 55 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 5 14 48 15 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 8 17 47 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 6 16 50 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 4 12 36 14 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 6 16 53 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 6 16 53 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 5 14 42 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 8 15 42 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 4 21 44 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 6 16 53 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 7 14 55 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 11 5 14 51 14 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 11 5 14 48 15 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 5 13 51 14 6 Disambiguation of 'wait a short while': 2 0 1 94 2 1 Disambiguation of 'wait a minute': 10 0 14 41 17 17
  5. (idiomatic) To remain loyal. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (stay loyal): keep faith Translations (stay loyal): pysyä lujana (Finnish), kitart (mellette) (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-hold_on-en-verb-GDoZubKh Disambiguation of 'stay loyal': 7 0 0 0 93 0 Disambiguation of 'stay loyal': 0 0 0 0 100 0
  6. (idiomatic) To persist. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (persist): go on
    Sense id: en-hold_on-en-verb-N7wwC8EW Disambiguation of 'persist': 13 0 1 1 12 73

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "deržatʹsja",
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          "word": "держаться"
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          "text": "The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”",
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          "roman": "chotto matsu",
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          "word": "aguantar"
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          "text": "This trade held on for many years.",
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          "text": "That scare aside, Wolves had little trouble in holding on for their first league away win of the season and their first over the Reds since little-known striker Steve Mardenborough gave them a victory at Anfield in January 1984.",
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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      "form": "holds on",
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      "word": "hang on"
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    {
      "word": "hold up"
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      "word": "on hold"
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        {
          "text": "Hold on tightly to the railing.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To grasp or grip firmly."
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        {
          "text": "Hold on to my umbrella while I ride the roller coaster.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To keep; to store something for someone."
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          "keep",
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          "store",
          "store"
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        "(idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone."
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        {
          "text": "I'm holding on to my trump cards until I really need them.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To retain an advantage."
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        "(idiomatic) To retain an advantage."
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          "text": "Hold on while I get my coat.",
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        {
          "ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”",
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      "glosses": [
        "Wait a short while."
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          "Wait",
          "wait"
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          "while",
          "while"
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        "(idiomatic) Wait a short while."
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        {
          "text": "He didn't give up his fandom when others did; he held on.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To remain loyal."
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        "(idiomatic) To remain loyal."
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        "idiomatic"
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          "ref": "1723, Jonathan Swift, Some Arguments Against Enlarging the Power of Bishops:",
          "text": "This trade held on for many years.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:",
          "text": "That scare aside, Wolves had little trouble in holding on for their first league away win of the season and their first over the Reds since little-known striker Steve Mardenborough gave them a victory at Anfield in January 1984.",
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        "To persist."
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        "(idiomatic) To persist."
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    {
      "sense": "grasp or grip firmly",
      "word": "belock"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold tight"
    },
    {
      "sense": "store something for someone",
      "word": "keep"
    },
    {
      "sense": "store something for someone",
      "word": "store"
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    {
      "sense": "wait a short while",
      "word": "cool one's heels"
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    {
      "word": "hang on"
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    {
      "sense": "stay loyal",
      "word": "keep faith"
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    {
      "sense": "persist",
      "word": "go on"
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      "word": "last"
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      "word": "remain"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiěmàn",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "且慢"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "wachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "odottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "warten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "vár (egy kicsit: a minute)"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "aspettare un po'"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "aspettare un attimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "aspettare un momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "aspettare un istante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "attendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chotto matsu",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "ちょっと待つ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "czekać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "esperar um pouco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podoždatʹ",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "подождать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povremenitʹ",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "повременить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "aguantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "bancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "sandali"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "cháa-gɔ̀ɔn",
      "sense": "wait a minute",
      "word": "ช้าก่อน"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "vasthouden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "alteniĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "pitää kiinni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "s’accrocher"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "kapaszkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "megkapaszkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "belekapaszkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "tenersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "aggrapparsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deržatʹsja",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "держаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "hawak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hold, grasp, or grip",
      "word": "tutunmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "säilyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "garder"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "vigyáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "tenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "conservare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poderžatʹ",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "подержать"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "pahawak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "pabantay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to keep; to store something for someone",
      "word": "patago"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stay loyal",
      "word": "pysyä lujana"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "stay loyal",
      "word": "kitart (mellette)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold on"
}

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