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To keep; to store something for someone.
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Hold on to my umbrella while I ride the roller coaster.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
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- pick up
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- bring owls to athens
- burst someone's bubble
- chip off the old block
- dead duck
- false step
- give somebody pause
- go bananas
- go for it
- half a mind
- ham it up
- hard of hearing
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- heart to heart
- hot potato
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- not half bad
- nuts and bolts
- on a full stomach
- on board
- on the horn
- on the nose
- on the right track
- out of the question
- pachyderm
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- play old harry
- play one's cards right
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