holds

Strongest matches

• dominance
• grip
• influence

Strong matches

• authority
• clasp
• clench
• clinch
• clout
• clutch
• control
• dominion
• occupancy
• occupation
• ownership
• pull
• purchase
• retention
• sway
• tenacity
• tenure

Strongest matches

• arrest
• carry
• detain
• enjoy
• have
• imprison
• keep
• maintain
• occupy
• own
• seize
• take

Strong matches

• adhere
• bind
• catch
• check
• cherish
• clasp
• cleave
• clench
• clinch
• cling
• clutch
• confine
• contain
• cradle
• embrace
• enclose
• fondle
• grip
• handle
• hug
• nourish
• palm
• possess
• press
• restrain
• retain
• secure
• squeeze
• stick
• trammel
• vise
• wield
• withhold
• wring

Weak matches

• bottle up
• cork up
• freeze to
• hang on
• keep close
• keep out
• lock up
• not let go
• put a lock on
• stay put

Strongest matches

• buy
• maintain

Strong matches

• assume
• aver
• consider
• credit
• deem
• entertain
• esteem
• feel
• judge
• okay
• presume
• reckon
• regard
• sense
• think
• view

Weak matches

• bet bottom dollar
• cross one's heart
• have hunch
• have sneaking suspicion
• lap up
• lay money on
• set store by
• swear by
• swear up and down
• take as gospel truth
• take stock in

Strongest matches

• last
• operate
• remain
• stay

Strong matches

• apply
• exist
• persevere
• persist
• resist
• wear

Weak matches

• be in effect
• be in force
• be the case
• be valid
• have bearing
• hold good
• hold true
• remain true
• stand up
• stay staunch

Strongest matches

• bear
• carry
• stay
• take

Strong matches

• bolster
• brace
• buttress
• lock
• prop
• shoulder
• sustain
• underpin
• uphold

Weak match

• shore up

Strongest matches

• carry
• include
• take

Strong matches

• accommodate
• comprise
• contain
• seat

Weak match

• be equipped for

Strongest matches

• call
• celebrate
• convene
• have
• run

Strong matches

• assemble
• officiate
• preside
• solemnize

Weak match

• carry on