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holding onverbpresent participle of hold on to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same statethe ancient beliefs still held on in remote mountain villages abiding, biding, continuing, enduring, holding up, keeping up, lasting, perduring, persisting, remaining, running on lingering, staying, sticking around, tarryingcarrying through, prevailing, surviving ceasing, closing, concluding, desisting, discontinuing, dying, ending, expiring, finishing, lapsing, leaving off, passing, quitting, stopping, terminating, winding up abating, dying (down), ebbing, letting up, moderating, subsiding, waning to remain in place in readiness or expectation of somethinghold on a minute—it's not your turn awaiting, biding, staying, waiting hanging around, lingering, remaining, sticking around, tarryingstanding byanticipating, expecting, watching (for) biding one's time, cooling one's heels, holding one's breath, sitting tight |