What does hold close mean?

hold close means "hold firmly, usually with one's hands".

What is another word for hold close?

Close synonyms include cling to, hold tight, clutch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hold close a common word?

hold close is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

hold close — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
hold firmly, usually with one's hands
“She clutched my arm when she got scared”
Synonymscling to hold tight clutch
Broaderhold
Narrowercuddle

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What does hold close mean?: hold close means "hold firmly, usually with one's hands".

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