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hold onto

verb

Definitions

  1. To manage to keep something.

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

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA