What does holding-on mean?
Definitions for holding-on
hold·ing-on
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Dictionary of Nautical Terms
holding-on
The act of pulling back the hind part of any rope.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of holding-on in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of holding-on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of holding-on in a Sentence
We need to get some justice here, there's no reason for holding on to those tapes for 13 months.
If they insist, as they are, in holding on to a model that has failed in all senses, then the response is obvious: the ones causing a crisis have to leave; otherwise we'll never overcome it, we've insisted that the solutions to the crisis have to be democratic, constitutional, pacific and electoral. Nothing else.
Some think it's holding on that makes one strong sometimes it's letting go.
We knew we hit something. We were just holding on, hoping we would stop.
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
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