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'Hold fast" or 'Stop' its an old nautical term/command first documented 1n 1681. Would have been used as an order to stop/halt an individual, or a ships company in what they were doing. It may well come from the Dutch luanguage 'Houa Vast'
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAvast is kind of a word meant to announce yourself and let the other be aware of your presence it also is to put the other person on guard.
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