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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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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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

"I'm still working out the collection. I had to hold everything for one week to do Sam's outfit. But I'm very, very happy. I'm used to the work schedule," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 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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