Polyglot Dictionary

tenir le coup

/tə.niʁ lə ku/

verb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
tient le coup
past
a tenu le coup
perfect
tenu le coup

Meaning

  1. to hold on, to endure

    • Malgré la fatigue, il tient le coup jusqu'au bout.

      Despite the fatigue, he holds on until the end.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

endurer

Endurer is the plain verb for enduring hardship; tenir le coup is a common idiom for the same thing, to hold on and keep going.

Practice

1 What does tenir le coup mean?

2 Fill the gap: Malgré la fatigue, il ___ le coup jusqu'au bout.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tenir le coup?

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