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hold on for dear life

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hold on for dear life
to use a lot of effort to keep something. With so few jobs available, workers are holding on for dear life to the jobs they already have.
See also: dear, hold, life


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Now let's try to understand that falling into sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my list of Things to Do while visiting England, but I was coming around to the belief that whether you liked it or not, Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.
Top Thrill Dragster, the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, opens in May for Cedar Point's 2003 season Reaching 120 mph in four seconds flat isn't all this baby can do Hold on for dear life as you rocket straight up to the top twist and plummet down the vertical drop in a free fall and then spiral before crossing the finish line.
``Today, it was hold on for dear life,'' he told tour officials afterward.
 
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