hold everything

Idioms and Phrases

Also, hold it . Stop, wait. These expressions are usually used in the imperative, as in Hold everything, we can't unload the truck yet , or Hold it, you've gone far enough . [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

Democrats would need to hold everything they now have in the 51-to-49 Senate or pick up a Republican seat to stay in the majority next year, he noted.

From New York Times

That the word would expand to hold everything my system was processing.

From Literature

There’s a sense of containment to him, like he’s trying to hold everything inside.

From New York Times

“Which is that the image is not a setting — it has to hold everything the novel is about. So that’s how I work with the image. I don’t work with symbols. No ideas but in things. They are physical objects.”

From Los Angeles Times

More recently, they have been looking into the impact of one specific ingredient - emulsifiers - which act as a glue in ultra-processed foods to hold everything together.

From BBC

Related Words

• await
• delay
• expect
• hang
• linger
• remain
• stand by
• stay
• stick around
• watch