Hold and Wait for

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Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Wait for and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wait for" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

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Hold and wait for are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Wait for".

Peer Gynt has Solveig sing, "Though winter may pass, and spring after that, and the next summer also and then year after year; I will hold you, I will keep watch, and I will wait for you."

Source: I Will Wait for You
Hold Your Hippogriffs: A number of different phrases are used as "bugspeak," including "mayfly-day," "honey-bug," "bugging out" and, wait for it... "hold your horseflies." I Am Who?

Source: Western Animation / Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Hold the Line: Numerous instances where you have to hold off foes to wait for an elevator or some such.

Source: Video Game / Half-Life 2 aka: Half-Life 2

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