"hold tight" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds tight",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding tight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held tight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held tight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> tight"
      },
      "expansion": "hold tight (third-person singular simple present holds tight, present participle holding tight, simple past and past participle held tight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hold tight to that vase, and don't drop it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Hold tight to me: the bus is going round a sharp bend.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Hold me tight and kiss me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:",
          "text": "I would not have described No. 6024 as a rough rider, but it was certainly a hard one and the wisdom of Inspector Hancock's advice to \"hold tight\" over this stretch soon became apparent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold onto something securely or closely."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_tight-en-verb-rnMyWIBt",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "securely",
          "securely"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) To hold onto something securely or closely."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "sense": "hold onto something securely",
          "word": "clasp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "grasp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "grip"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hold tight, I will go and look for your orders in our back room.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain patient, until a specified event occurs."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_tight-en-verb-jmXnluhb",
      "links": [
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "patient",
          "patient"
        ],
        [
          "specified",
          "specified"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To remain patient, until a specified event occurs."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "23 77",
          "sense": "remain in place",
          "word": "break a lance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 77",
          "sense": "remain in place",
          "word": "stand firm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 77",
          "sense": "remain in place",
          "word": "stay"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold tight"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds tight",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding tight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held tight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held tight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> tight"
      },
      "expansion": "hold tight (third-person singular simple present holds tight, present participle holding tight, simple past and past participle held tight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hold tight to that vase, and don't drop it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Hold tight to me: the bus is going round a sharp bend.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Hold me tight and kiss me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:",
          "text": "I would not have described No. 6024 as a rough rider, but it was certainly a hard one and the wisdom of Inspector Hancock's advice to \"hold tight\" over this stretch soon became apparent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold onto something securely or closely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "securely",
          "securely"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) To hold onto something securely or closely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hold tight, I will go and look for your orders in our back room.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain patient, until a specified event occurs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "patient",
          "patient"
        ],
        [
          "specified",
          "specified"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To remain patient, until a specified event occurs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "hold onto something securely",
      "word": "clasp"
    },
    {
      "word": "grasp"
    },
    {
      "word": "grip"
    },
    {
      "sense": "remain in place",
      "word": "break a lance"
    },
    {
      "sense": "remain in place",
      "word": "stand firm"
    },
    {
      "sense": "remain in place",
      "word": "stay"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold tight"
}