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to have and to hold

to have and to hold phrase: to possess for life.

Phrase

to have and to hold

  1. (also) To possess for life.

Questions about to have and to hold

What does to have and to hold mean?
To have and to hold means to possess for life.
What part of speech is to have and to hold?
To have and to hold is a phrase.

Words near to have and to hold in the dictionary

  1. to err is human; to forgive, divine
  2. to excess
  3. to go
  4. to God
  5. to hand
  6. to have and to hold
  7. to heck in a handbasket
  8. to heel
  9. to hell
  10. to hell and back
  11. to hell and gone

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