Meanings (ES + gloss)
aguantar • defenderse bien • mostrarse a la altura • mostrarse capaz • plantar cara
To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself.
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.
At the receptions […] Antonia could hold her own in a discussion with two or three men at a time.
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