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Holding A Person Dream Meaning

Holding a person close (as in a hug) can represent the following with regard to that person or whatever they represent: Affection.

Wanting.

Possessiveness or controlling.

Wanting to keep or maintain.

For more clues, consider the context and how you felt about the holding.

See also: Grasping, Holding, Hug, Restrained, Cuddle [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary by Nancy Wagaman [Back to dream]

What does Holding a Person mean in a dream?


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To dream of a callus indicates a pressing need to clear the mind. There may be a situation in your waking life that calls for clarity and a new way...

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Permission.An authority figure who gives or denies permission.Someone or something that determines what you can and can’t do (such as a person, organization, government, rules or laws, or your own...

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Holding something together. Something is connected, understood.

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1. Take/n away;2. The devil holding someone for ransom; Gen. 30:15; Tim. 2:25-26.

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Programs, ideas, and beliefs you’re holding onto.

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Holding fast to keep from losing control

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(Demanding person, Ignorant person, Obstinate) It is common among the people of knowledge to describe an obtrusive person as a stone.(Also see Darkness, Obstinacy)

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Holding yourself together in the midst of stress and tension; protection.

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Holding together (against the outside world).Folklore: Hard times.

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