Synonym of holding the line

Verb

Present participle for resist attack
blocking checking hanging on hindering holding the fort keeping at bay obstructing resisting attack stopping

Verb

Present participle for to remain in a specified state or position, especially in readiness or expectation
holding on waiting awaiting biding staying hanging around tarrying hanging about being patient hanging on waiting up holding your horses waiting a minute lingering loitering sticking around kicking your heels sitting tight remaining abiding dwelling hanging out hovering resting residing waiting around lodging staying put holding the fort hanging round hanging continuing enduring living staying over inhabiting staying on prevailing persisting keeping on bunking staying behind stopping roosting squatting holding delaying nesting perching lying lasting being standing sticking settling establishing oneself putting down roots sweating it out dallying establishing yourself staying out lagging halting remaining behind outstaying pausing bivouacing bivouacking making camp holding over clinging sojourning

Verb

Present participle for to wait or be patient
holding your horses waiting being patient holding everything holding your water keeping your shirt on biding your time hanging back pausing sitting tight playing a waiting game waiting a minute

Noun

The action or state of carrying something on over time
continuation continuance endurance continuity durability prolongation persistence duration continuousness abidance extension perpetuation ceaselessness protraction preservation subsistence maintenance continuing lasting prolonging sustaining propagation furtherance sustenance tenacity augmenting enduring maintaining perpetuating persisting preserving protracting carrying on keeping up drawing out carry over going on permanence constancy lengthening longevity development stability sequel succession increase steadiness vitality survival stretching perpetuity elongation expansion supplement postscript continuum conservation lastingness everlastingness upholding stamina persistency sustentation spread widening broadening dilatation distension augmentation follow-up keeping going keeping alive spreading out assiduity production line conservancy durableness increasing producing guts resilience amplification dissemination immortalization imperishability linking chain train sequence dovetailing stretch immutability complement changelessness lasting power sustainment endlessness unremittingness protection addition sustention defence remorselessness incessantness eternalness eternity relentlessness intensity carrying-on defense progression upkeep consecution safeguarding epilogue epilog part two follow-on fixedness perseverance invariability unchangeableness dependability fixity existence regularity uniformity evenness being immutableness invariableness consistency unchangingness firmness continued existence timelessness lack of deviation agelessness lack of change intentness doggedness immortality reliability faithfulness congruity permanency resoluteness steadfastness orderliness agreement staunchness perdurability finality indestructibility adhesion resolve homogeneity consonance equilibrium eternality solidity perenniality immovability unchangeability inalterability viability holding on to life being alive staying alive life span

Nearby Words

holding the line against holding the phone holding the purse strings holding the reins holding the ring holding the unwavering view holding the fort for holding the fort holding the floor holding the attention of holding that holding talks

Antonym of holding the line

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