Hold onto

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To manage to keep something. idiomatic

    "Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency."

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto.

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more keptretained

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"Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency."

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