verb
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To grasp or grip.
example
Hold the pencil like this.
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To contain or store.
example
This package holds six bottles.
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(heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
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(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
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To win one's own service game.
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To take place, to occur.
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To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
example
Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
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To derive right or title.
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In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
example
A martini, please, and hold the olive.
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To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.