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hold fast

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Verb1.hold fast - stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
bind, bond, stick to, stick, adhere
bind - form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"


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This is a big place, but if we hold fast to each other we won't get lost.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
One should hold fast one's heart; for when one letteth it go, how quickly doth one's head run away!
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Freighted with eternal principles Athwart the night's void, Where cloud masses darken, And the wind blows ceaseless around, Beyond the range of conceptions Let us gain the Centre, And there hold fast without violence, Fed from an inexhaustible supply.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
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