Definitions for hold on
hold on

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grasp, hold onverb

   hold firmly

2. hold on, stopverb

   stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

   "Hold on a moment!"

3. persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold onverb

   be persistent, refuse to stop

   "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

4. hang on, hold the line, hold onverb

   hold the phone line open

   "Please hang on while I get your folder"

5. keep, hold onverb

   retain possession of

   "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hold onverb

   To grasp or grip firmly.

2. hold onverb

   To keep; to store something for someone.

3. hold onverb

   Wait a short while.

4. hold onverb

   To remain loyal.

5. hold onverb

   To persist

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1. Hold On

   Hold On is a song by American rapper 50 Cent. It was released on March 18, 2014 as the second single from his fifth studio album Animal Ambition.

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1. Hold On

   "Hold On" is the fifth and last single taken from Good Charlotte's second studio album The Young and the Hopeless. It was written in response to the people who had written to the band saying they were considering suicide. The music video features suicide survivors talking about their experiences, either through losing a loved one or remembering a time when they were suicidal. The band was in hope of saving people's lives, repeating the lyrics, "hold on" numerous times to spread the message.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hold on

   Keep all you have got in pulling a rope.--Hold on a minute. Wait or stop.--Hold on with your nails and eyelids. A derisive injunction to a timid climber.

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1. hold on

   Read the full text of the Hold On poem by missionwork2 on the Poetry.com website.

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1. • Continue
   • Have
   • Hold
   • Interrupt
   • Telephone
   • Wait

Anagrams for hold on »

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How to pronounce hold on?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say hold on in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hold on in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hold on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hold on in a Sentence

1. Zhang Dapeng:

   When talking with him, I could feel his strong inner power, and we also kept pepping him up, urging him to hold on and telling him the ambulance was arriving.

2. George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon:

   Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius.

3. Britney Blair:

   In the current environment, we are way more likely to talk about the ways in which we're hurting, when that's authentic, it's the kind of thing you want to hold on to. It's also really sexy when a potential partner is willing to be so vulnerable and real.

4. Jaime Chamberlain:

   There are billions of dollars of investment and projects on the sidelines on hold, on both sides of the border, because the administration has not given us in the business community the confidence to say we are in a good place.

5. Elvis Picardo:

   There is just this overwhelming sense of bearishness that's got a fierce hold on the market, in Canada the news hasn't been too encouraging as you've seen from the earnings that have come out today.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hold on
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hold_on
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_on
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hold on
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=hold on