hold one's own
Example Sentences
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It’s a hard sound to land without veering into pastiche, let alone to hold one’s own amid the heavy arrangements.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2019
Being required to hold one’s own against the then seven-time Oscar-nominated acting legend might have daunted some actors, but the young woman from Skelmanthorpe in West Yorkshire seemed surprised at the suggestion.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2017
Mrs. Siddons would have been at home there, for there was nothing for it but to stab the potatoes, and all one's cunning of fence was needed to hold one's own with the chops.
From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean
"But there are many ways of attempting to hold one's own," persisted Denise; and she shook her head with a wisdom which only belongs to youth.
From The Isle of Unrest by Merriman, Henry Seton
Better unity with some hardship than to hold one's own at the cost of discord.
From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)
