hold everything
Wait right there
Hold everything is a command to stop all activity immediately, usually because something important has changed or been discovered.
It signals that whatever is happening should pause while new information is addressed: Hold everything—I just found the missing file.
The phrase is emphatic and often dramatic, common in films and urgent situations.
- haltComplete sudden stop
- stopCease all motion
- full stopTerminal punctuation mark
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- freezeBecome solid from cold
delay · seize · cease · emergency · urgent · all hands on deck · suspend · restrain · interrupt · break · interject · immediate · announcement · crucial · grasp · clutch · priority · pivotal
hold everythingcarry on
Continue doing something
continue · proceed · go ahead · keep going · press on
hold everythinghurry up
Command to accelerate
full speed ahead · get moving · step on it · move it · chop chop
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