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To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
maintain one's position and be in control of a situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: control, command
be sufficiently competent in a certain situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He can hold his own in graduate school
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Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
nie skrik vir koue pampoen nie
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Dutch:
haar op zijn tanden hebben
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Dutch:
zijn mannetje staan
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Finnish:
pitää puolensa
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Finnish:
pitää pintansa
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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French:
se montrer à la hauteur
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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French:
se montrer capable
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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French:
bien se défendre
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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French:
tenir son rang
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Hungarian:
megállja a helyét
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Icelandic:
standa sig
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Icelandic:
halda sínum hlut
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Icelandic:
fara ekki halloka
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Icelandic:
hafa við einhverjum
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Polish:
radzić sobie
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Polish:
poradzić sobie
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Russian:
постоя́ть за себя́
(postojátʹ za sebjá)
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Spanish:
mostrarse capaz
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Spanish:
mostrarse a la altura
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Spanish:
defenderse bien
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Spanish:
aguantar
— demonstrate oneself to be capable
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Spanish:
plantar cara
— demonstrate oneself to be capable