Verb

• S: (v) grasp, hold on (hold firmly)
• S: (v) hold on, stop (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments) "Hold on a moment!"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) interrupt, break (terminate) "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on (be persistent, refuse to stop) "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
• S: (v) hang on, hold the line, hold on (hold the phone line open) "Please hang on while I get your folder"
• S: (v) keep, hold on (retain possession of) "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"