Definition of hold on Hold on
We found 14 definitions of hold on from 4 different sources.
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What does hold on mean?
WordNet
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| hold on - stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" | ||
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| interrupt, break terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" | ||
| hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" | ||
| keep | ||
| lose fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" | ||
| have got, have, hold suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
| withhold, keep back hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" | ||
| keep back, retain, hold back, hold keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" | ||
| carry over, hold over transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another | ||
| refuse, deny show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" | ||
| withhold, deduct, recoup hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" | ||
| preserve, save prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" | ||
| hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" | ||
| store keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" | ||
| keep back, retain, hold back, hold keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" | ||
| harbor, harbour maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" | ||
| hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" | ||
| persevere, persist, hang in, hang on | ||
| uphold, bear on, carry on, preserve, continue stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals | ||
| obstinate persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments" | ||
| ask for it, ask for trouble persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble; "He is asking for trouble with his behavior" | ||
| plug away, plug work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation" | ||
| stick with, stick to, follow keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet" | ||
| hold on - hold firmly | ||
| grasp | ||
| take hold, hold assume control | ||
| latch on take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes" | ||
| cling, hang hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" | ||
| clasp hold firmly and tightly | ||
| hold on - hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder" | ||
| hang on, hold the line | ||
| phone, telephone, call up, ring, call bring forward for consideration; "The case was called up in court" | ||
| await, wait, expect, look serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" | ||
| telephony, telephone electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" | ||
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Wiktionary 
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hold on
To retain possession of something. -
hold on
To hold firmly.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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hold on
Keep all you have got in pulling a rope.--Hold on a minute. Wait or stop.--Hold on with your nails and eyelids. A derisive injunction to a timid climber. -
hold on
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is unadvisable to shorten sail.
