HOLD ONE'S OWN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Maintain one's position and be in control of a situation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "hold one's own" is one way to...):

command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)

Sentence frame:

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Meaning:

Be sufficiently competent in a certain situation

Example:

He can hold his own in graduate school

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s