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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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The rice is there to hold everything — not just physically, but structurally.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 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

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

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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