The phrase
"to hold on" means to continue or persist in an action, belief, or course of conduct despite difficulties or opposition.
Full definition
These are the investors who do
n't hold on stocks for more than a year.
Instead
of holding on to how they wish things were, they embrace how things are by appreciating those things that are going right in their lives.
Why are you people
still holding on for someone that supposedly died 2000 years ago?
If we can
hold on in the face of this type of stuff.
As the big brokers keep getting bigger, there was little room to compete if you were still
holding on as one of the smaller firms in the highly competitive field of discount brokerage.
Did you know that a cabinet is literally
just held on by four screws?
Friends and neighbors forget to
put holds on their subscriptions before leaving town, and sure enough, they end up in my kitchen.
Place holds on out of specification product, review holds as required, remove holds as disposition is issued.
Don't do it and you will be getting a better work out as just
by holding on you reduce the intensity you are working at.
Representatives for the governor contested this, pointing to roughly 600 community
meetings held on the project.
You can use a wheel nut without the wheel to
do hold it on when you're working.
My favorite things to do during the first few weeks are going to all the free
events held on campus.
So hold on tight because you just bought yourself a ticket to the most brutal show in the galaxy!
The question is: will solicitors be able to
hold on long enough for the full impact of the strike to be felt?
Debt consolidation plans helped some
people hold on until the economy recovered, employment rose and their financial problems settled down.
Such criticisms could be dismissed
if held on the margins of American public education.
They won't, and you'll
hold on until there's a loss, or until you decide you really bought them as a «long term investment».
You'll have to remove the inside door trim to get to it, which is usually
held on with several small screws and a set of clips around the edge.
The closest thing to a success is waiting for a 40 % or 45 % crash before buying, and
then holding on for at least five years.
I appreciate life and nature and I strongly
lay hold on the principles of life.
The man
who held on too long, he learns, was a doctor who happened on the scene entirely by fate.
They were ordered
held on $ 9 million bail, the police said.
Under these provisions, the court is also able to order the sale of property
held on trust.
It also manages more than $ 3 billion worth of metal
held on behalf of 30,000 investors.
Now hold on there son, he said «demonstrate difference» not monstrous.
We discovered that they were
only held on by tiny little nails, so one bored afternoon my husband and I decided to rip them all off.
One of my favorite things about cold shoulder tops is they often have the look of off the shoulder, but the straps
help hold them on so no band around your arm.
Firms must take steps now to understand the customer
data held on their systems, and ensure that they have legal grounds to keep and share this information with third parties.
We must
also hold on loosely to ideas, to keep the process moving forward and be more willing to revise concepts later.
After holding on for several years while waiting for a promotion, I was forced to leave for another state agency.
This instinct is usually gone by 6 months, so
hold on tightly to these precious moments.
Another alternative is to pitch those customers a balance - transfer credit card that would consolidate the balances
held on other cards and reduce the rate they're paying on their debt.
With parties, visitors and programs it can be easy to lose a
firm hold on ones schedule.
My car was
barely holding on as I passed the finish line, but I'd done what I set out to do — cause mass destruction.
The approach could be more benign than other schemes for putting a
temporary hold on climate change.
We expect to see the ear cuff continue to
take hold on ears everywhere.
Don't
hold on too tight to seeing positive cash flow local to you though.
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