hold the line

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verb

1. hold the line on prices;
keep the price of something constant
• Hypernyms:
conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s on something
2. hold the phone line open
- Please hang on while I get your folder
• Syn:
hang on, hold on
• Topics:
telephone, telephony
• Hypernyms:
expect, look, await, wait
• Entailment:
call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s