Hold it!

hold it

1. Stop. Hold it, everybody! This scene just isn't working. Hold it, let that woman cross the street first. Hold it right there! You're under arrest!
2. To wait to urinate (typically because a bathroom is not available). A: "Mom, I really have to go!" B: "Can you hold it for a little longer? It's a few miles before the next exit."
See also: hold
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Hold it!

Inf. Stop right there. Tom: Hold it! Mary: What's wrong? Tom: You almost stepped on my contact lens. Bill: Hold it! Bob: What is it? Bill: Sorry. For a minute, that stick looked like a snake.
See also: hold
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

Hold it!

exclam. Stop right there! Hold it! Stop!
See also: hold
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hold it
  • hold everything
  • Hold everything!
  • hold it right there
  • Will you hold(, please)?
  • Would you hold(, please)?
  • Can you hold(, please)?
  • Could you hold(, please)?
  • Could you hold?
  • hold with
References in periodicals archive
If you do, hold it! You may be salting your life away.
Shake off that salt habit this 2019
Participants also rated how overwhelmed they felt after viewing the photos ("I can't handle it!" and "I can't stand it!") and whether they felt compelled to take care of what they had just viewed ("I want to hold it!" and "I want to protect it!").
See something so cute you could crush it? Here's why it happens
It depends on how long you hold it!' 'If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.' 'If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.' 'It is the exact same weight, but the longer you hold it, the heavier it becomes.'
Put your load down..!
You mustn't do this, you can't do that hold it! Don't!
IN MEMORIAM: HOW PHILIP ROTH SCANDALISED AMERICA
(Hold it! Not in swimming pools.) A multinational manufacturing giant (toilet paper is one of its countless products) found out that two-thirds of the people it surveyed have done it while one-half admitted they've done it several times.
Thousands urinate in Boracay waters
So, I just keep telling her, 'Hold it.' That's what I keep telling her: 'Hold it!'
Kevin Hart's ex-wife wants to co-parent new baby
Despite the overwhelming result to leave, we still have the other parties trying to overturn the result by calling for a second referendum and even saying Cameron was wrong to hold it! These parties are supposed to uphold democracy!
It's Ukip that reflects voters' concerns; Views of Wales
So much bacon you don't even know how to hold it!" cries Billy (who let's not forget grew up in the place where deep fried Mars bars were invented).
PICK OF THE DAY
The Kansas-born actress began her theatrical career in musicals, making her Broadway debut in 1948 in the production "Hold It!" She was soon signed by Warner Bros.
Widow of Errol Flynn dies in Jamaica at age 87
HOLD IT! THIS FIGHT SCENE WILL TAKE AT LEAST A FEW MORE PAGES AND I'M AFRAID WE'RE ALMOST OUTTA SPACE.
The Fobbit
It is a loud, public outcry of "hold it!" for an imposing display of a swelling, perhaps poisoned ego.
y-stanbul's 'one minute!' to Erdoy-an
Hunter pries dog's mouth open, again places goose inside, commands "Hold it!" Dog spits out goose.
You call that a retrieve? Reviewing the good, the bad & the ugly
air in: On the bare floor, I envied those on mats as we did the "Hun'ert" (The Hundreds), flung our bodies "onza stomick," then "onza back!" or to "da udder zide an hold it!"
Turning exercise on its head: a memory of Joe Pilates
HOLD IT! Marc Crosas is back on form and playing a major role in the Celtic midfield
OUR DYNAMIC DUO CAN SAVE THE SEASON; Says PETER GRANT
Well, Darren said he was disappointed not to hold it!" Levein reckons his team are getting closer to beating the Bhoys.
Mogga: Ref cost us a win