To 'hold your own' means, simply put, to take the hard parts of life into your own two hands, willingly facing any sticky situations you may come across.
by thebrick August 2, 2007
Get the holding my ownmug. guy says to his bud,"So have you been getting any lately?' bud answeres, "nay I've just been holding my own"
by stkras1 February 3, 2013
Get the holding my ownmug.