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Rfv-sense "to remain in one's current location" - I've never heard it used this way before, is this an older meaning ? I've added sense #2, which is how I typically hear it used. Leasnam (talk) 05:50, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds like sit tight. Equinox ◑ 05:52, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- Neither definition seems right to me, nor to MWOnline. DCDuring (talk) 10:30, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- I’d have to inspect a bunch of citations, but off the cuff the idiom suggests to me the sense of hang on (sense 6, persevere) in a situation in which one may be tempted to let go, like a blend (or even mix-up) of hang on and hold tight . --Lambiam 13:20, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- To me the MWOnline definition seems, well, spot on. DCDuring (talk) 14:53, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- I’d have to inspect a bunch of citations, but off the cuff the idiom suggests to me the sense of hang on (sense 6, persevere) in a situation in which one may be tempted to let go, like a blend (or even mix-up) of hang on and hold tight . --Lambiam 13:20, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
I have added the "wait expectantly or in anticipation" sense to the RFV, because it does not seem to match the cites any better. I have made a stab at a definition, and backed it up with a boatload of citations, plus a more literal definition (also with citations). Kiwima (talk) 01:41, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 23:07, 15 May 2022 (UTC)