Do not discharge a weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder; now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.

To refrain from criticism.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, one's, breath. To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling.

(idiomatic, obsolete, informal) An estate held by a man during his wife's life.

(idiomatic) To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.

(literally) To grasp or hold a person's hand. / (idiomatic) To guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details.

(idiomatic, Britain) A place that has too much police activity to harbor a fugitive unnoticed.

A variant of poker in which players receive two cards each, and five other cards are shared between them.

A variant of poker where individuals each receive four private cards of which exactly two can be used to form a five-card hand, and five other cards are shared between them.

Alternative form of hold the cards