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Meaning of hold onto | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To manage to keep something.
    idiomatic
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto.

Equivalents

Bosanski osloniti ослонити
Ελληνικά αγαντάρω
Hrvatski osloniti ослонити
日本語 あずかる 取り付く
Polski trzymać
Српски osloniti ослонити
ไทย แหน

Examples

“Desperate to hold⟳ onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hold out hold over hold over someone's head hold serve hold short hold someone's feet to the fire

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