hold onto in English

Forms: holds onto [present, singular, third-person], holding onto [participle, present], held onto [participle, past], held onto [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds onto",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held onto",
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        "past"
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        {
          "text": "Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To manage to keep something."
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      ],
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto."
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        ]
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    }
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  "word": "hold onto"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (onto)",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds onto",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held onto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held onto",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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        "1": "hold<,,held> onto"
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        {
          "text": "Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency."
        }
      ],
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        "To manage to keep something."
      ],
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        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ]
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto."
      ],
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          "onto",
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"hold onto" meaning in English

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