hold it

idiom

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

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Macken urban sprawled his way to a storage facility because his basement was too small to hold it all. Steve Hartman, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026 Enough to jump up to third place, but probably not enough to hold it. Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026 These are the roomy travel pouches that can hold it all. Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026 Instead, the show crams everything into a space that can't hold it, culminating in this past third season that exploded with too much of practically everything. Matthew Razak, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026 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 13 Feb. 2026.

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