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Dictionary enattempt overview: What does organize the line mean?
• HOLD THE LINE (verb) The verb HOLD THE LINE has actually 2 senses:
1.
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host the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
2. host the phone line open
Familiarity information: HOLD THE LINE used as a verb is rare.
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• HOLD THE LINE (verb)
Sense1
Meaning:
Hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, offering, owning
Hypernyms (to "organize the line" is one means to...):
conserve; save up; maintain; keep (save in security and protect from injury, degeneration, loss, or destruction)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s on something
Sense2
Meaning:
Hold the phone line open
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
hang on; hold on; hold the line
Conmessage example:
Please hang on while I obtain your folder
Hypernyms (to "organize the line" is one means to...):
await; expect; look; wait (look forward to the probable event of)
"Hold the line" requires doing...:
call; speak to up; phone; ring; telephone (acquire or attempt to obtain into interaction (through someone) by telephone)
Domain category:
telephone; telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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