Definition of Hold still for

1. Verb. Tolerate or bear. "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

Exact synonyms: Stand For
Generic synonyms: Abide, Bear, Brook, Digest, Endure, Put Up, Stand, Stick Out, Stomach, Suffer, Support, Tolerate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hold Still For

hold one's nerve
hold one's own
hold one's pee
hold one's tongue
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 (current term)
hold sway
hold that thought
hold the cards
hold the fort
hold the line
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

Literary usage of Hold still for

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

1. The Innocents Abroad: Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress : Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1899)
"... or historical reminiscences, or grand traditions, and then step aside and hold still for ten minutes and let you think, it would not be so bad. ..."

2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"... or historical reminiscences, or grand traditions, and then step aside and hold still for ten minutes and let you think, it would not be so bad. ..."

3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"... or historical reminiscences, or grand traditions, and then step aside and hold still for ten minutes and let you think, it would not be so bad. ..."

4. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1898)
"... and for the choosing of churchwardens for the ensuing year, and there made an order that one of the churchwardens then in office " should hold still for ..."

5. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"If you're attacked, hold still for as long as possible. Something that doesn't move loses its entertainment value, and the bear will probably get bored and ..."

6. British Columbia by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"If you're attacked, hold still for as long as possible. Something that doesn't move loses its entertainment value, and the bear will probably get bored and ..."

7. The Spottiswoode Miscellany: A Collection of Original Papers and Tracts by James Maidment (1845)
"... supply with money to take a journey out of France, if he knew whither to bend his course. It seems to hold still for Brussels, whither the Lord ..."

8. My Experiences of the War Between France and Germany by Archibald Forbes (1871)
"... to sign his commission as second lieutenant, a rank which he had contentedly held for six years, and may hold still, for aught I know to the contrary. ..."

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