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 Hold Off!Hold Out. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hold On.
 
Cling fast; to persist. The idea is clinging firmly to something to prevent falling or being overset.   1
 


 Hold Off!Hold Out. 

 
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