"Hold one's own" nghĩa là gì?

Playing politics with Benghazi attack? Photo courtesy Donkey Hotey.

'Hold one's own' nghĩa là kiên cường, tài giỏi, trụ vững... trong một hoàn cảnh nào đó (be sufficiently competent in a certain situation).

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He can hold his own in graduate school.

On the debit side, Mr. Gallagher, wonderfully funny though he is, doesn't sing well enough to hold his own alongside Ms. Chenoweth.

Former Wallabies coaches Eddie Jones and John Connolly agree ACT Brumbies giant Rory Arnold can be a World Cup bolter, backing the rookie to hold his own in a battle of Super Rugby monsters on Sunday.

November 1994, Bush is elected governor with 53 percent of the vote after running a tough, disciplined campaign, holding his own in the debate with Richards and emphasizing social conservatism and Richards's failure to curb juvenile crime.

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