Related Words for hold firm

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stand firm
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Phrase, Verb
hold to
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Phrase, Verb
stand by
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Phrase, Verb
stick with
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Phrase, Verb
hold down
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Phrase, Verb
hold together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
stick together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
hang in
/x
Phrase, Verb
stay
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Verb
hold
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Noun
firm
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Noun
stand behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
keep at
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Phrase, Verb
keep
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Verb
bear up
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Phrase, Verb
keep to
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Phrase, Verb
abide by
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Phrase, Verb
stand
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Noun
keep on
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Phrase, Verb
hold up
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Phrase, Verb
stick up
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Phrase, Verb
insist
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Verb
uphold
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Verb
retain
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Verb
abide
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Verb
steady
/x
Adjective
hang together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
nail down
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Phrase, Verb
bear out
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Phrase, Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
sustain
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Verb
keep up
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Phrase, Verb
adhere
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Verb
set in stone
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
stable
/x
Adjective
carry on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hold forth
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Phrase, Verb
hold true
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Phrase, Verb
get hold of
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Phrase, Verb
take hold
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Phrase, Verb
resolve
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Noun
hold water
//x
Phrase, Verb
maintain
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Verb
carry through
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shore up
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Phrase, Verb
stand up to
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Phrase, Verb
live on
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Phrase, Verb
remain
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Verb
tighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
fixate
/x
Verb
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
keep in with
/x/
Phrase, Verb
endure
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Verb
stand the test of time
/x///
Phrase, Verb
follow through
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take on faith
///
Phrase, Verb
lodge
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Noun
hold out
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
persevere
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Verb
settle
/x
Verb
stand up with
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Phrase, Verb
strengthen
/x
Verb
vouch for
//
Phrase, Verb
put stock in
//x
Phrase, Verb
stand up for
///
Phrase, Verb
plant
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Noun
stick up for
///
Phrase, Verb
honor
/x
Noun
carry out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
symbolize
/xx
Verb
trust
/
Noun
have it
//
Phrase, Verb
cohere
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Verb
stereotype
/xxx
Noun
push on
//
Phrase, Verb
keep going
//x
Phrase, Verb
stabilize
/xx
Verb
enforce
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Verb
confirm
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Verb
tone
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Noun
keep company
//xx
Phrase, Verb
entrench
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Verb
preserve
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Verb
carry
/x
Verb
assert
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Verb
affirm
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Verb
bide
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Noun
stand for
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Phrase, Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
persist
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Verb
profess
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Verb
root
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Noun
carry off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hold to account
//x/
Phrase, Verb
take root
//
Phrase, Verb
subsist
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Verb
straighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
go through with
///
Phrase, Verb
stand guard
//
Phrase, Verb
accept
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Verb
onward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
take up for
/xx
Phrase, Verb
set store by
///
Phrase, Verb
latch on
//
Phrase, Verb
rely on
x//
Phrase, Verb
swear
/
Verb
stake
/
Noun
put down roots
///
Phrase, Verb
brace up
//
Phrase, Verb
commit
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Verb
fasten
/x
Verb
bolster
/x
Noun
pay attention
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
pledge
/
Noun
get behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
avow
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Verb
stand on
//
Phrase, Verb
carry over
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
respect
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Noun
make something of
//x/
Phrase, Verb
handle
/x
Noun
solidify
x/xx
Verb
pin down
//
Phrase, Verb
hand
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Noun
hold the reins
/x/
Phrase, Verb
believe in
x/x
Phrase, Verb
stand in
/x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
support
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Noun
build up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
stipulate
/xx
Verb
stand to reason
///x
Phrase, Verb
vindicate
/xx
Verb
harbor
/x
Noun
fortify
/xx
Verb
band together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
command
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Noun
mark
/
Noun
take
/
Verb
have
/
Verb
abeyance
x/x
Noun
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
absorb
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Verb
accommodate
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Verb, Adjective
accurate
/xx
Adjective
achieve
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Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
acquit
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Verb
adamant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
add
/
Verb, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
admit
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Verb
adopt
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Verb
affirmative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
agency
/xx
Noun
aggressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
agree
x/
Verb
airline
/x
Noun
allow
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Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
apply
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Verb, Adjective
appreciation
xxx/x
Noun
ardent
/x
Adjective
are
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
arm
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
arrange
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Verb, Noun
arrest
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Noun, Verb
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assertive
x/x
Adjective
assume
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Verb
attach
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Verb
auction house
/x/
Phrase, Noun
authoritative
x/xxx
Adjective
avail
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
await
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Verb, Noun
backbone
/x
Noun
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
barn
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Noun, Verb
bate
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Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
bedrock
/x
Noun, Verb
begin
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Verb, Noun
behave
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Verb
belief
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Noun
believe
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Verb
bilge
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Noun, Verb
bind
/
Noun, Verb
block
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Noun, Verb
bold
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
book
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Noun, Verb
booksellers
/xx
Noun
box
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Noun, Verb
brace
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Noun, Verb
bracket
/x
Noun, Verb
brave
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
break
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Verb, Noun
breasts
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Noun
brig
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Noun, Verb
bring
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Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
broker
/x
Noun, Verb
broomstick
/x
Noun, Verb
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
buoy
/x
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
businesses
/xx
Noun
buy
/
Verb, Noun
cabinet
/xx
Noun
call
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Verb, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
capitalists
/xxx
Noun
care
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Noun, Verb
carrier
/xx
Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
categorical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
celebrate
/xx
Verb
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
certify
/xx
Verb
check
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
chock
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
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Noun, Verb
clamp
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Noun, Verb
clasp
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Noun, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clench
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Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clutch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
coherent
x/x
Adjective
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
commence
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Verb
commitment
x/x
Noun
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
companies
/xx
Noun
compel
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Verb
complicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
comply
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Verb
comport
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Verb, Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
conclude
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Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conclusive
x/x
Adjective
concrete
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
conduct
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Noun, Verb
confident
/xx
Adjective, Noun
confine
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Verb, Noun
conquer
/x
Verb
conserve
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Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
consistent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
consolation
xx/x
Noun
consolidate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
constant
/x
Adjective, Noun
contain
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Verb
contend
x/
Verb
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contractor
/xx
Noun
control
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Noun, Verb
convene
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Verb
conviction
x/x
Noun
convinced
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Adjective
corporate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
corporation
xx/x
Noun
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
counting
/x
Noun
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crop
/
Noun, Verb
crucial
/x
Adjective
crunchy
/x
Adjective, Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
custody
/xx
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decade
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Noun
decisive
x/x
Adjective
declare
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Verb
dedicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
deduct
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Verb
deduction
x/x
Noun
deem
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Verb, Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defend
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Verb
definite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
defy
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Verb, Noun
delay
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Noun, Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demand
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Noun, Verb
deport
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Verb
detain
x/
Verb
detention
x/x
Noun
determination
xxx/x
Noun
determined
x/x
Adjective
devote
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Verb, Adjective
discuss
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Verb
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
dock
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Noun, Verb
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
draw
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Verb, Noun