hold it

idiom

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

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The set measures 12 feet long and 5 feet high and comes with garden stakes to hold it in place. Clara McMahon, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Then, the screen prompts viewers to smile and hold it for the following seven minutes of Parker Finn’s follow-up to the 2022 original pic. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024 The centerpiece of the Ohtani posters and displays at the town hall is an iron cast of his right hand, which juts out from a cabinet so people can shake or hold it. Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 An ensemble has to figure out how to hit that fortissimo and then hold it — convincingly, breathtakingly, without wearing down an audience. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 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 22 Nov. 2024.

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