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
Txomin	-	Basque
Clemency	KLEM-ənt-see	English (Rare)
Laxmi	-	Indian, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali
Avksenti	-	Georgian
NuallÁN	-	Ancient Irish
Bernarda	-	Slovene, Croatian, Spanish