Last Updated：2025/11/19

(idiomatic) To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself.

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hold one's own

Source Word

hold one's own

Verb

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

十分な実力・能力を発揮する / 相手に対抗できる実力を保つ / 自己防衛し、しっかりと立ち向かう

Even among the veterans, it's possible to hold one's own if you prepare thoroughly.

ベテランの中にいても、十分に準備すれば自分の能力を示すことは可能だ。

Sense（1）

At any rate, he was like John Bull in one respect: he was sturdy and square, and fit to hold his own with any man.

holds one's own

（ present singular third-person ）

holding one's own

（ participle present ）

held one's own

（ participle past ）

held one's own

（ past ）