Usually means: Maintain position under difficult conditions.
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  1. hold the line: Merriam-Webster
  2. hold the line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hold the line: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hold the line: Vocabulary.com
  5. hold the line: Wiktionary
  6. hold the line: Dictionary.com
  7. Hold The Line, Hold the Line (Jeanette song), Hold the Line, Hold the line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. hold the line: Rhymezone
  9. hold the line: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hold the line: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Hold the Line: The Word Detective
  12. hold the line: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hold the line: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (hold the line)

verb:  (idiomatic) To firmly maintain one's viewpoint, principles, or situation; to refuse to change one's practices or plans.

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