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
Lorinda	[ləu'rində]
Joel	JOL (English), JO-əl (English), ho-EL (Spanish), zhoo-EL (Portuguese), YO-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
Jack	JAK	English
Dipak	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Cyan	SIE-an	English (Rare)
Hildur	-	Icelandic, Norwegian