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Meanings of hold fast in English

Portuguese
aderir
Catalan
lligar
Spanish
adherirse

To stick to firmly.

        aderir
        Usage of hold fast in English
        1
        She'd hardly eaten anything today, and the wine was taking hold fast.
        Killer
        2
        Here is the living centre; hold fast, I beseech you, by it.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
        3
        You had to know when to bend and when to hold fast.
        The Tangle Box
        4
        A word sinks claws into the mind and there would hold fast.
        Forge of Darkness
        5
        That clenches it then, and we shall hold fast by the river.
        The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
        6
        Let us hold fast what we seem on the verge of losing.
        Joshua — Volume 2
        7
        The greater part of our women still hold fast to that code.
        Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
        8
        I now wish to say, hold fast the beginning of your confidence.
        The Power of Faith / Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The...
        9
        But I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast.
        The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics
        10
        Get ready back there, ready to hold fast after the last pull.
        The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
        11
        That was a tenet by which she was obliged to hold fast.
        The Eustace Diamonds
        12
        There shall be a dog at his heels that can hold fast.
        The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
        13
        And if he is lucky, he can hold fast to his dreams.
        Hunters Out of Space
        14
        Still, there it is-shewill not hold fast from day to day.
        The Money Master, Volume 2.
        15
        He decided to confess about Mabel, but to hold fast to journalism.
        Love Stories
        16
        Verily, if you will not hold fast, ye shall not stand fast.
        Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)
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        Translations for hold fast
        Portuguese
        aderir
        Hold fast through the time
        Hold fast across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Rare