hold the ring (English, verb)
expansion: hold the ring (third-person singular simple present holds the ring, present participle holding the ring, simple past and past participle held the ring)
Senses:
topics: entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
theater
glosses: To maintain order among spectators encircling participants in a prizefight or a performance and keep them from coming too near the participants.
tags: obsolete
glosses: To be a spectator at a fight; (figuratively) to watch other people argue.
glosses: To oversee a situation while attempting to remain uninvolved in it.
tags: British
idiomatic
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.
Forms:
form: holds the ring
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: holding the ring
tags: participle
present
form: held the ring
tags: participle
past
form: held the ring
tags: past