hold in reserve and keep in reserve

hold someone or something in reserve and keep someone or something in reserve

Fig. to hold back someone or something for future needs. I am holding the frozen desserts in reserve, in case we run out of cake. We are holding Sharon in reserve. Keep a few good players in reserve.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chas	CHAZ	English
Patrick	PAT-rik (English), pat-REEK (French), PAHT-rik (German)	Irish, English, French, German
Gregory	GREG-ə-ree	English
Michalis	-	Greek
Tatjana	TAHT-yah-nah (Finnish)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish
Malvolio	-	Literature