Definition of Hold the line

1. Verb. Hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant.

Generic synonyms: Conserve, Keep Up, Maintain, Preserve

2. Verb. Hold the phone line open. "Please hang on while I get your folder"
Exact synonyms: Hang On, Hold On
Category relationships: Telephone, Telephony
Generic synonyms: Await, Expect, Look, Wait
Entails: Call, Call Up, Phone, Ring, Telephone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hold The Line

hold one's urine
hold one's water
hold open
hold out
hold outs
hold over
hold over someone's head
hold serve
hold someone's feet to the fire
hold someone's hand
hold still for
hold sway
hold that thought
hold the cards
hold the fort
hold the line (current term)
hold the phone
hold the purse strings
hold the reins
hold the ring
hold tight
hold to account
hold true
hold up
hold up one's end
hold water
hold with the hare and run with the hounds
hold your fire
holdable
holdall

Literary usage of Hold the line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Michigan in the War by Michigan Adjutant-General's Dept, John Robertson (1882)
"I th<;n withdrew my forces inside the main works, leaving 100 of 29th Michigan to strengthen the picket line and hold the line of rule-pits. ..."

2. They Shall Not Pass by Frank Herbert Simonds (1916)
"I MY TRIP TO VERDUN—GENERAL PETAIN FACE TO FACE THE MEN WHO hold the line—WHAT THEIR FACES TOLD OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF FRANCE MY ROAD to Verdun ran ..."

3. The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military and Biographical History by Charles Lanman (1871)
"... the advance force inside the main works, leaving one hundred men of the 29th Michigan to strengthen the picket line and hold the line of the rifle-pits. ..."

4. In College Days: Recent Varsity Verse by Joseph Le Roy Harrison (1901)
"RICHARD RAY KIRK TO THE MEN WHO hold the line A FOOTBALL TOAST Oh, the full-back bows to the cheering crowd, And the halves, and the quarter, too, ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"It had become painfully apparent to me that the morale of my army was not such as to justify an attempt to hold the line of the Big Black River. ..."

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