hold it

Verb

Meaning

(imperative) Wait a minute; stop.
Hold it. What did you say his name was?

To wait to excrete when one needs to.
Can't you hold it until the next gas station?

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold,‎ it.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

whoa hist shush hang on hold up

Related terms

hold it in

Examples

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. Maxim Gorky

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way. Robert Frost

The responsibility of power is like holding an egg. Grasp it too tightly and it will drip through your fingers; hold it too loosely and it will drop and break. Ghana Proverb

The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it. African Proverb

Here is nothing, hold it tight. Hungarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

hold in regard hold in restraint hold in solution hold it against someone hold it down hold it in