(transitive) to retain, hold; (transitive) to hold back, rein in / (transitive) to retain, hold; (transitive) to keep, detain, hold up / (transitive) to remember / (transitive, intransitive) to accept (que that) / (transitive, law) to uphold / (reflexive) to restrain oneself, hold back

to hold one's breath

to pull one's punches, to pull punches

(figuratively) to learn one's lesson

(law, literary) a gift is a gift; giving is giving, taking back is stealing (a gift is irrevocable)