Meaning of hold to | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To share or subscribe to (a belief, etc.).
   transitive
2. To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.).
   transitive
3. To follow, be consistent with (a rule, pattern, etc.)
4. To compel (someone) to remain faithful to (a commitment, moral standard, etc.).
   ditransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I do not hold⟳ to their radical opinions.”

“to hold⟳ to one's original story”

“Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their fundamentalist Christian views.”

“The poem which holds strictly to Rağaz-meter (altered) is set⟳ to music unrelated in time.”

“Jill holds her grandfather to her own⟳ standards and finds them wanting.”

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