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
Hildigardis	-	Ancient Germanic
Aoide	-	Greek Mythology
Aravinda	-	Indian, Kannada
Shannah	SHAN-ə	English (Rare)
Elisha	i-LIE-shə (English), ee-LIE-shə (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Dobromil	-	Czech (Rare), Medieval Slavic