hold on
Example Sentences
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K is now completely blind in his left eye, his tear duct was destroyed and the “flaps of my eye are barely holding on,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
School officials said the exclusion was unacceptable, noting that educational programmes and extracurricular activities are held on those days.
From Barron's
Banks have an incentive to hold on to customers with superhigh credit scores who can be lucrative in other ways, Gordon noted.
From MarketWatch
So please, if you are wearing a hat, hold on to it.
From Literature
Throughout the negotiations, Goldman has been trying to hold on to enough staff to keep the program running.
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