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
AnastÁZia	-	Slovak
Justinas	-	Lithuanian
Augustyn	ow-GUWS-tin	Polish
Fabricio	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Cornelis	-	Dutch
Kumar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannad