keep+hold
31hold on to — {v. phr.} 1a. or[hold to] To continue to hold or keep; hold tightly. * /When Jane played horse with her father, she held on to him tightly./ * /The teacher said that if we believed something was true and good we should hold on to it./ * /The old… …
32hold on to — {v. phr.} 1a. or[hold to] To continue to hold or keep; hold tightly. * /When Jane played horse with her father, she held on to him tightly./ * /The teacher said that if we believed something was true and good we should hold on to it./ * /The old… …
33hold\ on\ to — v. phr. 1a. or hold to To continue to hold or keep; hold tightly. When Jane played horse with her father, she held on to him tightly. The teacher said that if we believed something was true and good we should hold on to it. The old man held on to …
34hold\ to — v. phr. 1a. or hold to To continue to hold or keep; hold tightly. When Jane played horse with her father, she held on to him tightly. The teacher said that if we believed something was true and good we should hold on to it. The old man held on to …
35hold on to — continue to hold or keep, hold tightly Hold on to your bag when you are in the bus or someone may try and steal it …
36ˌhold ˈon to sth — phrasal verb 1) to hold something tightly or carefully so that you do not drop it or do not fall Hold on to the seat in front when we go round the corner.[/ex] 2) to not lose something or not let someone else have it Syn: keep Hold on to the… …
37ˌhold ˈonto sth — phrasal verb 1) to hold something tightly or carefully so that you do not drop it or do not fall Hold on to the seat in front when we go round the corner.[/ex] 2) to not lose something or not let someone else have it Syn: keep Hold on to the… …
38hold — hold1 [hōld] vt. held, holding [ME holden < Anglian OE haldan (WS healdan), akin to Ger halten, Goth haldan, to tend sheep < IE base * kel , to drive, incite to action > Gr kelēs, swift horse, L celer, swift: prob. sense development:… …
39Hold — Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend… …
40Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… …
