hold the ring

Etymology


Probably from. In days past when spectators would encircle participants in a prizefight or a performance, people would be employed to maintain order among them and keep them from coming too near the participants.

Verb

 * 1)  To maintain order among spectators encircling participants in a prizefight or a performance and keep them from coming too near the participants.
 * 2) To be a spectator at a fight;  to watch other people argue.
 * 3)  To oversee a situation while attempting to remain uninvolved in it.
 * 4)  Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.
 * 1)  Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.
 * 1)  Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.
 * 1)  Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.
 * 1)  Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.
 * 1)  Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.
 * 1)  Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.