hold on
hold
hoƊld
howld
on
ɑn
aan
/həʊld ɒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hold on"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to hold on
[phrase form: hold]
01

āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύ

to tell someone to wait or pause what they are doing momentarily
to hold on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need to take this call; can you hold on for a moment?
āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ•āϞāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇; āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
02

āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to continue a course of action despite the difficulties or dangers
to hold on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rescue team encouraged the trapped miners to hold on as they worked to free them.
āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĻāϞ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ–āύāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to continue to keep a firm grip or physical contact with something or someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hiker had to hold on to the rock ledge to avoid falling.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϟāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύ, āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to maintain a connection during a phone call, typically while waiting for someone to return or provide information
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you hold on for a moment? I need to consult with my supervisor.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ? āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
05

āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to maintain possession of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It's wise to hold on to valuable collectibles for potential future value.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ