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Verb: hold one's own
  1. Be sufficiently competent in a certain situation
     
  2. Maintain one's position and be in control of a situation

Derived forms: holding one's own, held one's own, holds one's own

Type of: command, control

Nearest

hold close
hold dear
hold down
hold fast
hold firm
hold forth
hold in
hold it
hold off
hold on
hold one's own
hold open
hold out
hold over
hold still for
hold sway
hold the line
hold tight
hold up
hold water
hold your horses