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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hold onto en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To manage to keep something.
    • Desperate to hold onto power, Pervez Musharraf has discarded Pakistan's constitutional framework and declared a state of emergency.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto.

Forms

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holds onto Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
holding onto Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held onto Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held onto Tense=Past lexicographic