hold\ everything

hold\ everything
• hold it
• hold everything
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!"


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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