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RELATED WORDS : cargo hold choke hold get hold get hold of hold hold back hold by hold cheap hold close hold dear hold down hold everything hold fast hold firm hold forth hold good hold in hold in contempt hold off hold office hold one's own hold open hold out hold out on hold over hold still for hold sway hold the line hold tight hold together hold true hold up hold water hold with hold your horses scissor hold scissors hold strangle hold take hold take hold of taking hold toe hold wrestling hold

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hold on has 5 senses

• hold on(v = verb.contact) grasp - hold firmly; Array
is one way to hold, take hold
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• hold on(v = verb.change) stop - stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"
is one way to break, interrupt
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• hold on(v = verb.change) hang in, hang on, persevere, persist - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
is one way to bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• hold on(v = verb.communication) hang on, hold the line - hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder"
is one way to await, expect, look, wait
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• hold on(v = verb.possession) keep - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
is one way to have, have got, hold
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

THESAURUS

hold on

abide, adhere, adhere to, agglomerate, aim, aim at, await, be caught short, be short, bear up, belong, bend, bide, bide the issue, bite, bucket, bucketshop, bunch, carry on, cease not, clasp, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, cling to, clip, clot, cluster, clutch, coagulate, cohere, come up fighting, congeal, conglomerate, continue, continue to be, dally, dawdle, defeat time, defy time, delay, deposit margin, determine, dillydally, direct, directionize, drag on, dwell, embrace, endure, exist, extend, fix, fix on, freeze to, go along, go long, go on, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow together, hang about, hang around, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang on to, hang together, hang tough, hold, hold everything, hold fast, hold on to, hold out, hold steady, hold tight, hold together, hold up, hold your horses, hug, jog on, keep, keep going, keep hold of, keep on, last, last long, last out, level at, linger, live, live on, live through, live through it, live with it, loiter, maintain, make a killing, make a scoop, margin up, mark time, mass, miss the market, never cease, never let go, never say die, nip, not give up, operate, overstay the market, perdure, perennate, persist, play the market, plunge, point, point at, point to, present, prevail, pyramid, remain, run, run on, scalp, scoop the market, set, sight on, sit tight, sit up, slog on, solidify, speculate, stag, stag the market, stagger on, stand, stand up, stay, stay it out, stay on, stay put, stay the distance, stay up, stay with it, stick, stick around, stick it, stick it out, stick out, stick to, stick to it, stick together, stick with it, subsist, survive, sustain, take a flier, take hold of, take time, tarry, tide over, tough it out, trade on margin, train, train upon, turn, turn upon, venture, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, wear, wear well

ROGET THESAURUS

hold on

Perseverance

VB persevere, persist, hold on, hold out, die in the last ditch, be in at the death, stick to, cling to, adhere to, stick to one's text, keep on, keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground, go all lengths, go through fire and water, bear up, keep up, hold up, plod, stick to work, continue, follow up, die in harness, die at one's post.

Permanence

VB let alone, let be, let it be, persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest, stet (copy editing) hold, hold on, last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast, subsist, live, outlive, survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good.

Continuance in action

VB continue, persist, go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on, abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course, carry on, keep up, sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot, follow up, perpetuate, maintain, preserve, harp upon, keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work, die in harness, die with one's boots on, hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way, let be, stare super antiquas vias, quieta non movere, let things take their course, stare decisis (Jurisprudence).

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