tenere la propria

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Italian - English
hold one's own
To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself

But Ford, and Chrysler continued to hold their own against the latest competition from the Japanese.

maintain one's position and be in control of a situation be sufficiently competent in a certain situation; "He can hold his own in graduate school