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hold everything

VERB
hold your horses
Synonyms
WEAK
be patient hold your water keep your shirt on
VERB
wait
Synonyms
STRONGEST
await delay expect hang linger remain stand by stay stick around watch
STRONG
abide anticipate bide dally foresee stall tarry
WEAK
bide one's time cool it fill time hang around hang onto your hat hang out hold back hold on hold the phone hole up keep shirt on lie in wait lie low look for look forward to mark time put on hold save it sit tight sit up for stay up for sweat it
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advance go hurry leave rush
STRONG
carry on move
WEAK
carry out do forge forward go ahead

Example Sentences

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A bit of tinkering – stripping the original’s heavy bassline, tossing in his lithe falsetto and a playful guitar to hold everything aloft – made the one-time throwaway into something immortal.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Two thin glass plates hold everything needed to study nature's invisible glue.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025

More recently, they have been looking into the impact of one specific ingredient - emulsifiers - which act as a glue in ultra-processed foods to hold everything together.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

“He understands the importance of this moment, what he needs to do for this team to hold everything afloat,” Shaw said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2021

It be like trying so hard to hold everything in: emotion, brilliance, waist.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.