hold on to's Usage Examples:

Despite government attention, Böszörmény managed to hold on to his power base in the Tiszántúl region, preaching a mixture of anti-Semitism.

Although Tynes would eventually recover from his injury Carney continued to hold on to the starting position and Tynes was relegated to kickoff duties.

Over time the baby becomes more able to tolerate frustration and hold on to the good object for increasing periods, enabling the baby to tolerate its own bad impulses without fear that these will destroy it.

sclerotized (hardened) flaps and hooks which also includes in some species the valvae (clasper), which are paired organs which help the male hold on to the female.

shot into Taylor"s path; the second came four minutes later when Taylor capitalised after Mellor failed to hold on to Graham Paddon"s shot.

Mating frogs, while in amplexus, hold on to a branch, and beat their legs to form a foam.

He was unable to hold on to that lead, and finished inches behind the Germans at 3:32.

Reitlinger describes Nebe"s reasons for joining the Einsatzgruppen as "placation" and a desire to hold on to his position in the Criminal Police Department.

Desperate to hold on to Hart, Dinah finally revealed the lengths she had gone to keep him "ndash; taking Vanessa's pills, which almost killed her, and starting the fire that scarred her.

As the Song forces took the offensive, while Đại Việt had to strenuously hold on to their costly defensive front, Lý Thường Kiệt tried to boost the morale of his soldiers by a poem named Nam quốc sơn hà.

The results put the ADR back into fourth place, but the Greens managed to hold on to their seat in the simultaneous European elections.

He says that people may become more likely to hold on to money and liquefiable assets as their confidence in the economy declines, creating a "loss.

Synonyms:

uphold, bear on, conserve, housekeep, maintain, pressurize, distance, keep, pressurise, preserve, continue, carry on, hold over,

Antonyms:

discontinue, be born, survive, outgo, stand,