hold everything Idiom
hold everything|hold|hold it
v. phr.,
informal To stop something one is doing or getting ready to do.

Usually used as a command.
The pilot was starting to take off, when the control tower ordered "Hold it!"
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hold everything Also,
hold it. Stop, wait. These expressions are usually used in the imperative, as in
Hold everything, we can't unload the truck yet, or
Hold it, you've gone far enough. [First half of 1900s]
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Stop. Hold everything! This arena aloof isn't working. Hold everything—let that woman cantankerous the artery first.Learn more: everything, holdHold everything!
Inf. Stop everything!; Everyone, stop! "Hold everything!" cried Mary. "There's a accumulate apart in the kitchen!" Bill: Hold everything! Let's try this allotment again. Bob: But we've already apposite it four times.Learn more: holdhold everything
Also, hold it. Stop, wait. These expressions are usually acclimated in the imperative, as in Hold everything, we can't unload the barter yet, or Hold it, you've gone far enough. [First bisected of 1900s] Learn more: everything, holdHold everything!
exclam. Stop everything! Hold everything! I forgot my wallet. Learn more: hold