Definition of "hand-hold" []

• To hold in the hand. (verb)
• To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along). (verb)

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• "You simply can't hand-hold a camera very still for that long."
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• "They moved slowly, as if their bodies weighed tons, never releasing a hand-hold until another had been secured."