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

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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

The accordion stretches wide, so that it can hold everything you see.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

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

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

hold everything

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