phrasal
1. : to maintain a position in a field of play or an arena of contest
2. : to remain dominantly before the public
a doctrine which held the field for quite five hundred years — R.W.Southern
phrasal
1. : to maintain a position in a field of play or an arena of contest
2. : to remain dominantly before the public
a doctrine which held the field for quite five hundred years — R.W.Southern
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012