Hold the fort


Synonyms for hold the fort
verb stay, wait

hover
go on
linger
stop
live
continue
endure
stand
persist
last
prevail
survive
wait

reside
perch
tarry
rest
freeze
squat
bunk
visit
abide
delay
cling
lodge
dwell

inhabit
halt
hang
nest
outlast
pause
sojourn
bide
outlive
sit tight
bivouac
roost
be left

hang out
hold over
keep on
make camp
put on hold
remain standing
sit out
sit through
stay behind
stay in
stay over
stay put
stick around

Antonyms for hold the fort

cease
discontinue
hurry
lie

go
leave
die
carry on

move
depart
forge

Synonyms
verb wait

reside
settle
last
linger
hang
stop
delay
remain
continue
stand
reprieve

perch
hover
halt
nest
tarry
pause
abide
sojourn
procrastinate
respite
squat

endure
loiter
bide
dally
bunk
lag
sweat
hang around
sit tight
stick around
roost

outstay
establish oneself
hang about
hang in
hang out
put down roots
stay out
stay put
sweat it out

Antonyms

hurry
complete
move
depart

leave
go
rush
advance

carry on
push
finish

Synonyms
adj rigid, tough

firm
obstinate
reserved
crisp
aloof
distant
formal
hard-line
hold the line
incompliant

inelastic
inexorable
inflexible
intractable
obdurate
relentless
resolute
severe
single-minded
stiff

strict
stubborn
uncompromising
unrelenting
unyielding
uptight
do or die
dug in
hard as nails
locked in

set in stone
standing pat
unflexible
unswayable
hold one’s ground
standing one’s ground
sticking to one’s guns

Antonyms

bending
pliable
flexible

soft
yielding
pliant

relaxed

Synonyms
verb resist attack

block
check

hang on
hinder

obstruct
stop

keep at bay

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