<span class="searchmatch">holding</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">purse</span> <span class="searchmatch">strings</span> present participle and gerund of hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">purse</span> <span class="searchmatch">strings</span>...
purse strings, present participle <span class="searchmatch">holding</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">purse</span> <span class="searchmatch">strings</span>, simple past and past participle held <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">purse</span> <span class="searchmatch">strings</span>) (idiomatic, colloquial) To be in...
hold the floor hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> fort hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> line hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> phone hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">purse</span> <span class="searchmatch">strings</span> hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> reins hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> ring hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> road hold <span class="searchmatch">the</span> stage hold tight hold...