English Dictionary

hold the ring

/ˈhəʊld ðə ˌɹɪŋ/

verb

(sports, theater, obsolete) To maintain order among spectators encircling participants in a prizefight or a performance and keep them from coming too near the participants.

Hold the ring and don't let go.

意味（1）

(sports, theater, obsolete) To maintain order among spectators encircling participants in a prizefight or a performance and keep them from coming too near the participants.

意味（2）

To be a spectator at a fight; (figuratively) to watch other people argue.

意味（3）

(chiefly Britain, idiomatic) To oversee a situation while attempting to remain uninvolved in it.

Police held the ring during the protests.

意味（4）

(sports) Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.