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  • 1 pugillum

    1.
    pŭgillum, i, v. pugillus init.
    2.
    pŭgillum, drax cheiros, Gloss. Lat. Gr.), dim. [pugnus], what one can hold in the fist, a handful:

    lentis pugillus,

    Cato, R. R. 158; Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 242; Prud. Cath. 10, 152:

    melior est pugillus cum requie,

    a very little, Vulg. Eccl. 4, 6.

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  • 2 Sido

    1.
    sīdo, sīdi, 3, v. n. [cf. sedeo; Gr. hizô], to seat one's self, sit down; to settle, alight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usu. of things)
    I.
    In gen.:

    quaesitisque diu terris, ubi sidere detur,

    Ov. M. 1, 307; cf.:

    (columbae) super arbore sidunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 203:

    canes sidentes,

    sitting down, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink down, settle:

    sidebant campi (shortly after: subsidere saxa),

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    nec membris incussam sidere cretam,

    id. 3, 382; cf. Col. 12, 24, 2:

    in tepidā aquā gutta (balsami) sidens ad ima vasa,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

    cummi in aquā sidit,

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    cave lecticā sidat,

    be set down, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 78:

    prius caelum sidet inferius mari, Quam, etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 79.—
    II.
    In partic., pregn.
    A.
    To sit or be set fast; to remain sitting, lying, or fixed:

    mare certis canalibus ita profundum, ut nullae ancorae sidant,

    can hold, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82:

    secures sidunt,

    id. 16, 10, 19, § 47:

    tum queror, in toto non sidere pallia lecto,

    remain lying, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 31.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., of a vessel, to stick fast on shallows:

    veniat mea litore navis Servata, an mediis sidat onusta vadis,

    Prop. 3, 14 (3, 6), 30; cf.:

    ubi eae (cymbae) siderent,

    Liv. 26, 45; Quint. 12, 10, 37; Tac. A. 1, 70; 2, 6; Nep. Chabr. 4, 2.—
    B.
    To sink down, to sink out of sight.
    1.
    Lit.:

    non flebo in cineres arcem sidisse paternos Cadmi,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 37: sidentes in tabem spectat acervos, settling or melting down, Luc. 7, 791; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 199.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    vitia civitatis pessum suā mole sidentis,

    sinking, Sen. Const. 2; cf.:

    sidentia imperii fundamenta,

    Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 78:

    sidente paulatim metu,

    Tac. H. 2, 15.
    2.
    Sido, ōnis, m., a chief of the Suevi about the middle of the first century, Tac. H. 3, 5; 3, 21; id. A. 12, 29 sq.

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  • 3 sido

    1.
    sīdo, sīdi, 3, v. n. [cf. sedeo; Gr. hizô], to seat one's self, sit down; to settle, alight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usu. of things)
    I.
    In gen.:

    quaesitisque diu terris, ubi sidere detur,

    Ov. M. 1, 307; cf.:

    (columbae) super arbore sidunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 203:

    canes sidentes,

    sitting down, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink down, settle:

    sidebant campi (shortly after: subsidere saxa),

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    nec membris incussam sidere cretam,

    id. 3, 382; cf. Col. 12, 24, 2:

    in tepidā aquā gutta (balsami) sidens ad ima vasa,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

    cummi in aquā sidit,

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    cave lecticā sidat,

    be set down, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 78:

    prius caelum sidet inferius mari, Quam, etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 79.—
    II.
    In partic., pregn.
    A.
    To sit or be set fast; to remain sitting, lying, or fixed:

    mare certis canalibus ita profundum, ut nullae ancorae sidant,

    can hold, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82:

    secures sidunt,

    id. 16, 10, 19, § 47:

    tum queror, in toto non sidere pallia lecto,

    remain lying, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 31.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., of a vessel, to stick fast on shallows:

    veniat mea litore navis Servata, an mediis sidat onusta vadis,

    Prop. 3, 14 (3, 6), 30; cf.:

    ubi eae (cymbae) siderent,

    Liv. 26, 45; Quint. 12, 10, 37; Tac. A. 1, 70; 2, 6; Nep. Chabr. 4, 2.—
    B.
    To sink down, to sink out of sight.
    1.
    Lit.:

    non flebo in cineres arcem sidisse paternos Cadmi,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 37: sidentes in tabem spectat acervos, settling or melting down, Luc. 7, 791; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 199.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    vitia civitatis pessum suā mole sidentis,

    sinking, Sen. Const. 2; cf.:

    sidentia imperii fundamenta,

    Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 78:

    sidente paulatim metu,

    Tac. H. 2, 15.
    2.
    Sido, ōnis, m., a chief of the Suevi about the middle of the first century, Tac. H. 3, 5; 3, 21; id. A. 12, 29 sq.

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  • 4 capax

    căpax, ācis, adj. [capio], that can contain or hold much, wide, large, spacious, roomy, capacious (in poets and in post-Aug. prose freq.; in Cic. perh. only once, and then trop; v. infra).
    I.
    Lit.: mundus, * Lucr. 6, 123:

    conchae,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 22:

    urna,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 16; Ov. M. 3, 172:

    capaciores scyphos,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

    pharetram,

    Ov. M. 9, 231:

    putei,

    id. ib. 7, 568:

    urbs,

    id. ib. 4, 439:

    ripae,

    id. Am. 3, 6, 19:

    uterus,

    Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 93:

    portus,

    id. 4, 7, 12, § 26:

    spatiosa et capax domus,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5:

    villa usibus capax,

    id. ib. 2, 17, 4:

    forma capacissima,

    Quint. 1, 10, 40:

    moles,

    Tac. A. 2, 21.—With gen.:

    circus capax populi,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 136:

    cibi vinique capacissimus,

    Liv. 9, 16, 13:

    flumen onerariarum navium capax,

    Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 12, 1, 5, § 11:

    magnae sedis insula haud capax est,

    Curt. 4, 8, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Capacious, susceptible, capable of, good, able, apt, fit for: Demosthenes non semper implet aures meas: ita sunt avidae et capaces, etc., * Cic. Or. 29, 104:

    ingenium,

    great, Ov. M. 8, 533:

    animi ad praecepta,

    id. ib. 8, 243:

    animo majora capaci,

    id. ib. 15, 5:

    capax est animus noster,

    Sen. Ep. 92, 30.—With gen.:

    animal mentis capacius altae (i.e. homo),

    Ov. M. 1, 76:

    imperii,

    Tac. H. 1, 49; cf. id. A. 1, 13:

    aetas honorum nondum capax,

    id. H. 4, 42:

    molis tantae mens,

    id. A. 1,11: secreti, that can keep or conceal, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7:

    capacia bonae spei pectora,

    Curt. 8, 13, 11:

    magnorum operum,

    id. 6, 5, 29:

    ingenium omnium bonarum artium capacissimum,

    Sen. Contr. 2, praef. §

    4: cujusque clari operis capacia ingenia,

    Vell. 1, 16, 2:

    bonum et capax recta discendi ingenium,

    id. 2, 29, 5:

    laboris ac fidei,

    id. 2, 127, 3:

    ingenia fecunda et totius naturae capacissima,

    Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190:

    doli,

    fit, suitable for, Dig. 43, 4, 1.—
    B.
    In the Lat. of the jurists (cf. capio, II. F.), that has a right to an inheritance, Dig. 34, 3, 29.— Adv.: căpācĭter, Aug. Trin. 11, 2.

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  • 5 agō

        agō ēgī, āctus (old inf pass. agier), ere    [1 AG-], to put in motion, move, lead, drive, tend, conduct: bos Romam acta, L.: capellas, V.: pecus visere montīs, H.: ante se Thyum, N.: in exsilium, L.: Iris nubibus acta, borne on, V.: alqm in crucem, to crucify: Illum aget Fama, will carry, H.: quo hinc te agis? whither are you going? T.: se primus agebat, strode in front, V.: capellas potum, V.—Prov.: agas asellum, i. e. if you can't afford an ox, drive an ass. — Pass., to go, march: quo multitudo agebatur, L.: citius agi vellet agmen, march on quicker, L.: raptim agmine acto, L.— Esp., to drive away, carry off, steal, rob, plunder: pecoris praedas, S.; freq. with ferre, to rob, plunder: ferre agere plebem plebisque res, L.: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, L.—To chase, pursue, hunt: apros, V.: cervum, V. — Fig.: dum haec crimina agam ostiatim, track out from house to house: ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: palantīs Troas, V.—To move, press, push forward, advance, bring up: multa undique portari atque agi, Cs.: vineis ad oppidum actis, pushed forward, Cs.: moles, Cu.: cloaca maxima sub terram agenda, to be carried under ground, L.: cuniculos ad aerarium, drive: per glaebas radicibus actis, O.: pluma in cutem radices egerit, struck deep root, O.: vera gloria radices agit: tellus Fissa agit rimas, opens in fissures, O.: in litus navīs, beached, L.: navem, to steer, H.: currūs, to drive, O.: per agmen limitem ferro, V.: vias, make way, V.: (sol) amicum Tempus agens, bringing the welcome hour (of sunset), H.—To throw out, stir up: spumas ore, V.: spumas in ore: se laetus ad auras Palmes agit, shoots up into the air, V.—Animam agere, to expire: nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus; cf. et gestum et animam ageres, i. e. exert yourself in gesturing and risk your life. — Fig., to lead, direct, guide: (poëmata), animum auditoris, H.— To move, impel, excite, urge, prompt, induce, rouse, drive: quae te Mens agit in facinus? O.: ad illa te, H.: eum praecipitem: viros spe praedae diversos agit, leads astray, S.: bonitas, quae nullis casibus agitur, N.: quemcunque inscitia veri Caecum agit, blinds, H.: quibus actus fatis, V.: seu te discus agit, occupies, H.: nos exquirere terras, V.: desertas quaerere terras agimur, V. — To pursue for harm, persecute, disturb, vex, attack, assail: reginam stimulis, V.: agentia verba Lycamben, H.: diris agam vos, H.: quam deus ultor agebat, O.—To pursue, carry on, think, reflect, deliberate, treat, represent, exhibit, exercise, practise, act, perform, deliver, pronounce: nihil, to be idle: omnia per nos, in person: agendi tempus, a time for action: industria in agendo: apud primos agebat, fought in the van, S.: quae continua bella agimus, are busy with, L.: (pes) natus rebus agendis, the metre appropriate to dramatic action, H.: Quid nunc agimus? what shall we do now? T.: quid agam, habeo, i. e. I know what to do, T.: quid agitur? how are you? T.: quid agis, dulcissime rerum? i. e. how are you? H.: vereor, quid agat Ino, what is to become of: quid agis? what do you mean? nihil agis, it is of no use, T.: nihil agis, dolor, quamvis, etc.: cupis abire, sed nihil agis, usque tenebo, you cannot succeed, H.: ubi blanditiis agitur nihil, O.—Esp., hoc or id agere, to give attention to, mind, heed: hocine agis, an non? are you attending? T.: id quod et agunt et moliuntur, their purpose and aim: qui id egerunt, ut gentem conlocarent, etc., aimed at this: sin autem id actum est, ut, etc., if it was their aim: summā vi agendum esse, ut, etc., L.: certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur, it was planned, N.: Hoc age, ne, etc., take care, H.: alias res agis, you are not listening, T.: aliud agens ac nihil eius modi cogitans, bent on other plans: animadverti eum alias res agere, paid no attention: vides, quam alias res agamus, are otherwise occupied: populum aliud nunc agere, i. e. are indifferent.—To perform, do, transact: ne quid negligenter: suum negotium, attend to his own business: neque satis constabat, quid agerent, what they were at, Cs.: agentibus divina humanaque consulibus, busy with auspices and affairs, L.: per litteras agere, quae cogitas, carry on, N.: (bellum) cum feminis, Cu.: conventum, to hold an assize: ad conventūs agendos, to preside at, Cs.: census actus eo anno, taken, L.— Of public transactions, to manage, transact, do, discuss, speak, deliberate: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, negotiations begun, Cs.: de condicionibus pacis, treat, L.: quorum de poenā agebatur, L.— Hence, agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people on a law or measure (cf. agere ad populum, to propose, bring before the people): cum populo de re p.—Of a speaker or writer, to treat, discuss, narrate: id quod agas, your subject: bella per quartum iam volumen, L.: haec dum agit, during this speech, H.—In law, to plead, prosecute, advocate: lege agito, go to law, T.: causam apud iudices: aliter causam agi, to be argued on other grounds: cum de bonis et de caede agatur, in a cause relating to, etc.: tamquam ex syngraphā agere cum populo, to litigate: ex sponso egit: agere lege in hereditatem, sue for: crimen, to press an accusation: partis lenitatis et misericordiae, to plead the cause of mercy: ii per quos agitur, the counsel: causas, i. e. to practise law: me agente, while I am counsel: ii apud quos agitur, the judges; hence, of a judge: rem agere, to hear: reos, to prosecute, L.: alqm furti, to accuse of theft. —Pass., to be in suit, be in question, be at stake: non capitis eius res agitur, sed pecuniae, T.: aguntur iniuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum.—To represent, act, perform, of an orator: cum dignitate.—Of an actor: fabulam, T.: partīs, to assume a part, T.: Ballionem, the character of: gestum agere in scena, appear as actors: canticum, L. — Fig.: lenem mitemque senatorem, act the part of, L.: noluit hodie agere Roscius: cum egerunt, when they have finished acting: triumphum, to triumph, O.: de classe populi R. triumphum, over, etc.: ex Volscis et ex Etruriā, over, etc., L.: noctu vigilias, keep watch: alta silentia, to be buried in silence, O.: arbitria victoriae, to exercise a conqueror's prerogative, Cu.: paenitentiam, to repent, Cu.: oblivia, to forget, O.: gratias (poet. grates) agere, to give thanks, thank: maximas tibi gratias: alcui gratias quod fecisset, etc., Cs.: grates parenti, O. — Of time, to spend, pass, use, live through: cum dis aevom: securum aevom, H.: dies festos, celebrate: ruri vitam, L.: otia, V.: quartum annum ago et octogesimum, in my eightyfourth year: ver magnus agebat orbis, was experiencing, V.— Pass: mensis agitur hic septimus, postquam, etc., going on seven months since, T.: bene acta vita, well spent: tunc principium anni agebatur, L.: melior pars acta (est) diei, is past, V. — Absol, to live, pass time, be: civitas laeta agere, rejoiced, S.—Meton., to treat, deal, confer, talk with: quae (patria) tecum sic agit, pleads: haec inter se dubiis de rebus, V.: Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut, etc., tried to persuade C., N.: agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit, L.—With bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with, treat or use well or ill: praeclare cum eis: facile est bene agere cum eis.— Pass impers., to go well or ill with one, be well or badly off: intelleget secum esse actum pessime: in quibus praeclare agitur, si, etc., who are well off, if, etc.—Poet.: Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, will be treated, V.— Pass, to be at stake, be at hazard, be concerned, be in peril: quasi mea res minor agatur quam tua, T.: in quibus eorum caput agatur: ibi rem frumentariam agi cernentes, L.: si sua res ageretur, if his interests were involved: agitur pars tertia mundi, is at risk, O.: non agitur de vectigalibus, S.—Praegn., to finish, complete, only pass: actā re ad fidem pronius est, after it is done, L.: iucundi acti labores, past: ad impediendam rem actam, an accomplished fact, L.— Prov.: actum, aiunt, ne agas, i. e. don't waste your efforts, T.: acta agimus: Actum est, it is all over, all is lost, T.: iam de Servio actum rati, L.: acta haec res est, is lost, T.: tantā mobilitate sese Numidae agunt, behave, S.: ferocius agunt equites, L.: quod nullo studio agebant, because they were careless, Cs.: cum simulatione agi timoris iubet, Cs.—Imper. as interj, come now, well, up: age, da veniam filio, T.: en age, rumpe moras, V.: agite dum, L.: age porro, tu, cur, etc.? age vero, considerate, etc.: age, age, iam ducat: dabo, good, T.: age, sit ita factum.
    * * *
    agere, egi, actus V
    drive, urge, conduct; spend (time w/cum); thank (w/gratias); deliver (speech)

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  • 6 crēdō

        crēdō didī, ditus, ere    [CRAT- + 2 DA-], to give as a loan, lend, make a loan: pecunias creditas solvere: quibus pecuniam.—To commit, consign, intrust: alcuius fidei: mihi suom animum, T.: militi arma, L.: se suaque omnia alienissimis, Cs.: pennis se caelo, V.: te aequo Mecum solo, on fair ground, V.: arcana libris, H. — Poet.: non ita Creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, not on such terms intrusted to them, H.: In soles audent se germina Credere, V.—Fig., to trust, confide in, have confidence in: virtuti suorum, S.: suis militibus, L.: nimium colori, V.: aliis (fungis) male creditur, H.: campo, open fight, V. — To believe, give credence, trust: istuc tibi, T.: Chaereae iniurato: experto credite, quantus, etc., one who knows by experience, V.: ne cui de te plus quam tibi credas, H.: mihi crede, upon my word: certe credemur, ait, si, etc., O.: ora non credita, O.: (Cassandra) non credita Teucris, V.—To believe, hold true, admit: quid iam credas? T.: quis hoc credat? O.: ne quid de se, S.: nec sit mihi credere tantum! would I could discredit, V.: civitatem bellum facere ausam vix erat credendum, Cs.: inridet credentes, believers, O.: res credi non potest: arte Sinonis Credita res, V.: aut verus furor, aut creditus, O.—To be of opinion, think, believe, suppose, imagine: timeo ne aliud credam atque aliud nunties, T.: id quod volunt, Cs.: fortem crede, H.: se Suevorum caput, Ta.: pro certo creditur vacuam domum fecisse, S.: divinitate creditā Carmentae, L.: Crassum non ignarum fuisse, S.: caelo credidimus Iovem Regnare, H.: victos crederes, one might have imagined, L.: Crediderim, would fain believe, V.: in rem fore credens, expecting, S.: quem (Athin) peperisse Limnate creditur, O.: credi posset Latonia, be taken for, O.: Credo inpetrabo ut, etc., I suppose, T.: si te interfici iussero, credo, erit verendum, etc.: quod Pompeius, credo, non audebat, etc., Cs.: non enim, credo, id praecipit, ut, etc., I can't suppose he meant to teach, etc.
    * * *
    credere, credidi, creditus V
    trust, entrust; commit/consign; believe, trust in, rely on, confide; suppose; lend (money) to, make loans/give credit; believe/think/accept as true/be sure

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  • 7 offīrmō

        offīrmō āvī, ātus, āre    [ob+firmo], to hold fast, persevere: viam quam decrevi persequi, T.: ne tam offirma te, be obstinate, T.: censen posse me offirmare Perpeti? can persist in bearing it, T.
    * * *
    offirmare, offirmavi, offirmatus V
    secure; bolt, lock, fasten, bar; be determined/inflexible; persevere in

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  • 8 comprehensibile

    comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

    Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    Perceptible by the senses, evident:

    comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—
    * B.
    Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

    natura non comprehensibilis,

    Cels. 1 pr. §

    46: causae,

    Arn. 1, p. 37.

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  • 9 comprehensibilis

    comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

    Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    Perceptible by the senses, evident:

    comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—
    * B.
    Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

    natura non comprehensibilis,

    Cels. 1 pr. §

    46: causae,

    Arn. 1, p. 37.

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  • 10 conprehensibilis

    comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp-), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

    Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    Perceptible by the senses, evident:

    comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—
    * B.
    Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

    natura non comprehensibilis,

    Cels. 1 pr. §

    46: causae,

    Arn. 1, p. 37.

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  • hold your own — hold (your/its) own to prove that you or something is as good as others. She can hold her own in any debate on religion. Our cotton shirts can hold their own against shirts costing $40 or more. Usage notes: often said about a competitive… …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold its own — hold (your/its) own to prove that you or something is as good as others. She can hold her own in any debate on religion. Our cotton shirts can hold their own against shirts costing $40 or more. Usage notes: often said about a competitive… …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold own — hold (your/its) own to prove that you or something is as good as others. She can hold her own in any debate on religion. Our cotton shirts can hold their own against shirts costing $40 or more. Usage notes: often said about a competitive… …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold your own — If you can hold your own, you can compete or perform equally with other people …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Hold more stubbornly at least — is a phrase popularized by the late Harvard philosophy professor, W. V. Quine.In W. V. Quine s conception of a person s set of beliefs as a seamless web , there is a lack of propositions which one could, in principle, not give up if there were,… …   Wikipedia

  • hold one's own — {v. phr.} To keep your position; avoid losing ground; keep your advantage, wealth, or condition without loss. * /Mr. Smith could not build up his business, but he held his own./ * /The team held its own after the first quarter./ * /Mary had a… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hold one's own — {v. phr.} To keep your position; avoid losing ground; keep your advantage, wealth, or condition without loss. * /Mr. Smith could not build up his business, but he held his own./ * /The team held its own after the first quarter./ * /Mary had a… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hold your own (against somebody) (in something) — hold your ˈown (against sb/sth) (in sth) idiom to remain in a strong position when sb is attacking you, competing with you, etc • Business isn t good but we re managing to hold our own. • She can hold her own against anybody in an argument. • The …   Useful english dictionary

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