Antonyms for hold fasthold fast

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1. hold fast

   Antonyms:
   fluctuate, hesitate, oscillate, swerve, undulate, vacillate, vary, veer, waver

   Synonyms:
   abide, adhere, persist, stand fast, stay, stick

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1. adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick toverb

   stick to firmly

   "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, attach, perplex, tie up, cleave, bond, get, mystify, bandage, flummox, cling, bind, cohere, truss, stick around, constipate, nonplus, beat, draw together, stick, dumbfound, adhere, follow, obligate, lodge, sting, tie, oblige, deposit, amaze, tie down, stick to, stay put, gravel, stay, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, stick with, hold, puzzle, bring together

How to use hold fast in a sentence?

1. Langston Hughes:

   Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

2. Bible, New Testament, I Thessalonians:

   Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

4. Meister Eckhart:

   To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and hold fast to him there, or he must give up his work altogether. Since, however, we cannot live without activities that are both human and various, we must learn to keep God I everything we do, and whatever the job or place, keep on with him, letting nothing stand in our way.

5. Albert J. Beveridge:

   If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals—not some, but all. All are woven into the great fabric of our national well-being. We cannot hold fast to some only, and abandon others that, for the moment, we find inconvenient. If one American fundamental is prostrated, others in the end will surely fall.

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