hold attention

hold someone's attention

Fig. to keep someone's attention; to keep someone interested. The boring teacher could not hold the students' attention. The mystery novel held my attention and I couldn't put it down.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ConstÂNcia	-	Portuguese
Janet	JAN-ət	English
Gabe	GAYB	English
Vijaya	-	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi
Porter	['pɔ:tə]
Aylward	['eilwəd]