To share or subscribe to (a belief, etc.). I do not hold to their radical opinions. To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.). to hold to one's original story Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their …

(idiomatic, transitive) To contain; stop. Coordinate terms: hold down, hold off, set back; see also Thesaurus: curb The dam can't hold back that much water.

(idiomatic) To manage to keep something. Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan 's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency. Used other than …

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