hold it

idiom

: to go no further : to stop
Hold it right there. Where do you think you're going?

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Kurdish fighters remained in Tel Rifaat to the end but could not hold it, Mr. al-Ageid said. Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024 The bill, first introduced last summer with no movement, proposes the creation of a strategic bitcoin reserve in which the U.S. would purchase a large amount of the cryptocurrency and hold it as a reserve. Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2024 Somehow, these photographers are able to capture that coiled feeling and hold it within the four walls of a frame. Time Photo Department, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024 Investors weren’t able to do all that much with it besides buy and hold it. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hold it 

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“Hold it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20it. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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