hold position
Keep your place
Hold position is a command or instruction to stay exactly where you are, maintaining your current location or stance.
Common in military, aviation, and gaming contexts: Hold position until I give the signal.
In tactical situations, it means don't advance, retreat, or take independent action—await further orders.
The phrase also appears in physical training or photography when someone needs to maintain a specific pose.
- maintainKeep in condition
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- gripSecure manual hold
stance · ground · stand your ground · firm · stand firm · locked · frozen · stationary · stay put · wait · pause · resist · defend · fortify · standstill · immobile · clutch · secure
- holding firmcling, clutch, grasp, grip, clasp
- strategic choicesprisoners dilemma, chicken game, zero-sum game, tradeoff, gambit
- patience phraseswait, just a minute, one moment, one second, in a moment
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
hold positionadvance
Move or progress forward
move forward · retreat · fall back · push forward · attack
hold, position, holds, holding, holder, holders, holdings, behold, beholden