āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to hold on
[phrase form: hold]
01
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ, āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ
to tell someone to wait or pause what they are doing momentarily
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need to take this call; can you hold on for a moment?
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§; āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ?
02
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to continue a course of action despite the difficulties or dangers
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rescue team encouraged the trapped miners to hold on as they worked to free them.
āĻāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĻāϞ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāϤā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āϧāϰāĻž
to continue to keep a firm grip or physical contact with something or someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hiker had to hold on to the rock ledge to avoid falling.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤāĻāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āϞāĻžāĻāύ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āύ, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ
to maintain a connection during a phone call, typically while waiting for someone to return or provide information
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you hold on for a moment? I need to consult with my supervisor.
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ? āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
05
āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āϏāĻāϰāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to maintain possession of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It's wise to hold on to valuable collectibles for potential future value.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻšāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
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