hold still

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hold still (third-person singular simple present holds still, present participle holding still, simple past and past participle held still)

  1. To not move; to remain stationary.
    • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 35, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 178:
      He expected a stomp or a fist against the table but instead she held still and he thought he noticed her shoulders moving up and down in slight huffs.

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