hold it

Meaning

1. Oxford90% of films

   used to ask sb to wait, or not to move

In the movies · 136

• - Wait a minute. Hold it. - Okay.The Killing of a Chinese Bookie1976
• Hold it. There's just one more thing.Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island1998
• - That girl down there. - Hold it! Hold it, everybody.Nashville1975
• Hold it! Hold it!The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006
• Yeah, that's it! Hold it, hold it, hold it.Wreck-It Ralph2012
• Hold it, hold it!Living in Oblivion1995
• Hold it. Hold it.The Count of Monte Cristo2002
• Hold it. Hold it. Kids.American Pie Presents: Band Camp2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party

From the same entry

• hold good
• there is no holding
• hold against
• hold back
• hold back
• hold back
• hold down
• hold down
• hold forth
• hold in
• hold off
• hold off

More idioms

• on television
• in the distance
• be on the telephone
• more like
• be sick
• face to face with
• shame on you
• bring under control
• a change of mind
• leave be
• way back
• go to bed with