hold on

Strongest matches

• exist
• go on
• hold
• linger
• live
• live on
• persist
• remain
• ride out
• stay
• survive
• sustain

Strong matches

• abide
• be
• bide
• cling
• last
• outlast
• outlive
• prevail
• stand
• superannuate
• wear

Weak matches

• be left
• be long lived
• be timeless
• carry on
• carry through
• hang on
• have no end
• hold out
• keep on
• never say die
• perdure
• run on
• stay on
• stick to
• wear on
• wear well

Strongest matches

• conduct
• endure
• go ahead
• happen
• last
• occur
• persist
• proceed
• stay
• take place

Weak matches

• act
• advance
• bear
• behave
• carry on
• come about
• comport
• deport
• execute
• hang on
• keep on
• persevere
• ramble

Strongest matches

• cling
• go on
• grasp
• hold out
• persevere
• persist

Weak matches

• be tough
• carry on
• clutch
• grip
• hold fast
• remain

Strongest match

• withstand

Strong match

• last

Weak matches

• continue
• suffer

Weak matches

• balance
• compete
• contend
• continue
• emulate
• go on
• keep pace
• keep step
• match
• pace
• persevere
• preserve
• rival
• run with
• vie

Strongest matches

• endure
• keep going
• persist
• press on
• proceed
• pursue
• stand firm

Strong matches

• continue
• maintain
• remain

Weak matches

• be determined
• be resolved
• be stubborn
• carry on
• go for broke
• go for it
• go on
• hang in
• hang tough
• hold fast
• keep driving
• keep on
• leave no stone unturned
• plug away
• see it through
• stay the course
• stick with it

Strongest matches

• carry on
• carry over
• continue
• endure
• go on
• linger
• persevere
• prevail
• pursue
• recur
• remain

Strong matches

• abide
• grind
• insist
• last
• obtain
• perseverate
• repeat
• strive

Weak matches

• be resolute
• be stubborn
• follow through
• follow up
• go all the way
• go the limit
• keep up
• leave no stone unturned
• perdure
• see through
• stick it out
• stick to guns
• tough it out

Strongest match

• stick around

Weak matches

• anticipate
• bide one's time
• cool it
• fill time
• hang around
• hang out
• hold the phone
• keep your shirt on
• lie in wait
• lie low
• linger
• mark time
• put on hold
• stall
• stand by
• stay put

Strongest matches

• attach
• catch
• fix
• glue
• hold
• linger
• paste
• remain
• stay

Strong matches

• bind
• bond
• braze
• cement
• clasp
• cleave
• cling
• clog
• cohere
• fasten
• fuse
• hug
• jam
• join
• lodge
• persist
• snag
• solder
• unite
• weld

Weak matches

• be bogged down
• become embedded
• become immobilized
• cling like ivy
• freeze to
• hold fast
• stay put
• stick like barnacle
• stick together

Strongest matches

• await
• delay
• expect
• hang
• linger
• remain
• stand by
• stay
• stick around
• watch

Strong matches

• abide
• anticipate
• bide
• dally
• foresee
• stall
• tarry

Weak matches

• bide one's time
• cool it
• fill time
• hang around
• hang onto your hat
• hang out
• hold back
• hold everything
• hold the phone
• hole up
• keep shirt on
• lie in wait
• lie low
• look for
• look forward to
• mark time
• put on hold
• save it
• sit tight
• sit up for
• stay up for
• sweat it