"Hold the line" nghĩa là gì?

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"Hold the line" = giữ dây (điện thoại) -> giữ máy khi đang nói điện thoại hoặc giữ nguyên vị trí, tình trạng, không đầu hàng trước vấn đề khó khăn.

Ví dụ
01305 221020 for highways issues requiring immediate attention (Dorset Council only) - follow the prompts and hold the line for an operator (tổng đài).

The reasons to hold the line on urban expansion are numerous (nhiều), and touch on what people truly care about. We know that residents care about keeping municipal (đô thị) taxes down. Expanding the urban boundary would cost taxpayers for decades to come, for new roads, new water and waste water infrastructure and other municipal services. A 2009 City of Calgary report show that it costs about 30-per-cent more to provide city services to new neighbourhoods that are built on the edge of the city, compared to homes built within the existing city limits.

It is hard to be on strike (đình công) for a week. It is hard to be on strike for a month. To be on strike for three years is superhuman. As the calendar has turned, Spectrum workers have exhausted (sử dụng hết) strike funds, exhausted their savings, and become desperate. Some have crossed the picket lines (người đứng cản không cho đình công) and returned to their old jobs. Estimates (ước tính) among workers vary, but they say that close to half of the original strikers are still out. Those who hold the line do whatever they can to survive.

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