hold the ring English

Meaning hold the ring meaning

What does hold the ring mean?

hold the ring verb

— (sports, theater, obsolete) To maintain order among spectators encircling participants in a prizefight or a performance and keep them from coming too near the participants; to keep the ring.

— To be a spectator at a fight; (figuratively) to watch other people argue.

— (chiefly, Britain, idiomatic) To oversee a situation while attempting to remain uninvolved in it.

— (sports) Of a prizefighter: to hold one's own during a fight; to continue winning a series of fights.