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Synonyms

hold everything

Idioms  
  1. 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]


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Take, for example, the viral “snackle box,” which contains multiple compartments to hold everything from your favorite packaged snacks and candies to cut up fruit and vegetables.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Two thin glass plates hold everything needed to study nature's invisible glue.

From Science Daily Oct. 23, 2025

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 Jun. 5, 2023

They hold everything inside that results in the outside, and for “Self-Help,” this is perfect.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2023

It be like trying so hard to hold everything in: emotion, brilliance, waist.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

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