hold it

idiom

: to go no further : to stop
Hold it right there. Where do you think you're going?

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Users can hold it in a PayPal digital wallet as well as Venmo, another financial app that PayPal owns. Ben Weiss, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025 Just come down to the end and all the way back in and hold it. Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025 Patients were complaining about wait times, hospital management was complaining about patient satisfaction, and Robby — still reeling from the death of his mentor during the pandemic — was trying to hold it all together. Ashley Boucher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025 But that doesn’t hold it back from occasionally landing within the boundaries of something like the silliness of Birdie Wing. Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hold it

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“Hold it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20it. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.

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