hold everything

idiom

: to stop what one is doing
Hold everything. We're not doing this right.

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Morgan plays this patriarchal figure who’s trying to hold everything together while also trying to create a business and a network of transportation that the world has never seen. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 July 2025 We’re expected to be the strong ones, the providers, the nurturers, the ones who hold everything together, even at the expense of our own well-being. Stephanie Long, Essence, 15 May 2025 Comments As Mike Franks, actor Kyle Schmid sees his job in NCIS: Origins to be the guy trying to hold everything together. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025 For all your game-day snacks, these hoop snack cups can hold everything from pretzels to popcorn, chips and nachos. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hold everything

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“Hold everything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20everything. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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