Verb hold the line has 2 senses
  1. hold the line - hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
    --1 is one way to
    conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s on something
  2. hang on, hold the line, hold on - hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder"
    --2 is one way to expect, look, await, wait
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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