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HOLD ONE'S OWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
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
