hold firm
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hold firm
verb holds firm · holding firm · held firm
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To keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly.
.... the depressed person's emotional agony had so completely overwhelmed her... that whenever a member of her Support System finally said that she was dreadfully sorry but she absolutely had to get off the telephone, the primal instinct for sheer emotional survival now drove the depressed person to
Similar: hold fast, stand fast, stand firm, hold one's ground, stand one's ground
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verb to keep to a conviction, practice, etc., unwaveringly
| Español | mantenerse firme, aferrarse a |
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Talk about this word "hold firm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hold%20firm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hold firm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hold%20firm "hold firm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hold%20firm.Cite this
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title = {hold firm},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hold%20firm},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
