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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hold everything

A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023

The accordion stretches wide, so that it can hold everything you see.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

I dropped my eyes again and was trying real hard to hold everything in.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

Related Words

• await
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• expect
• hang
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• watch