Phrasal verbs starting with "hold"

To continue to feel resentment or blame toward someone because of something they did in the past.

To restrain someone or something, to prevent progress, or to stop oneself from expressing feelings or information.

To deliberately refrain from doing, giving, or using something to the full extent.

To physically keep something in place, to maintain a job, or to prevent something from rising.

To speak at length on a subject, often in an opinionated or pompous way.

To suppress or contain an emotion, feeling, or bodily reaction rather than letting it out.

To successfully manage a situation, responsibility, or place, often in someone's absence or under difficult circumstances.

To stop yourself from expressing a specific emotion or releasing a bodily urge, especially one that is difficult to control.

To maintain stability, composure, or cohesion in a difficult situation, preventing total collapse or breakdown.

To delay doing something, or to keep an opponent, attacker, or unwanted thing at a distance.

To wait briefly, to grip something firmly, or to persevere through difficulty.

To maintain one's emotional composure and function normally despite extreme emotional distress or hardship.

To grip something firmly, to keep possession of something, or to maintain a belief, memory, or advantage.

To extend your hand or an object toward someone, to resist surrendering or yielding, or to last under difficult conditions.

To extend something beyond its original end date, or to use something as leverage over someone

To remain firm in a belief, promise, or standard, or to require someone else to do so

To remain united, intact, or coherent, or to cause something to stay that way

To support something physically, to delay, to endure, or to rob someone at gunpoint

To present someone or something as a model, ideal, or example for others to admire or follow

To subject something to scrutiny, comparison, or testing, or to withstand such scrutiny

To approve of or support a particular idea, practice, or belief, usually used in negative constructions