What does hold the line mean?

hold the line means "hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hold the line?

Close synonyms include hang on, hold on. 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 the line a common word?

hold the line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

hold the line — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
Broaderconserve
2.
hold the phone line open
“Please hang on while I get your folder”
Synonymshang on hold on
Broaderexpect
telephone

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