hold the line vs expect

hold the line and expect both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hold the line	No	No	Yes	No
expect	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, expect is a hypernym of hold the line; that is, expect is a word with a broader meaning than hold the line:

Other hypernyms of hold the line include await, look, wait.

hold the line (verb)	expect (verb)
hold the phone line open	be pregnant with
hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant	look forward to the birth of a child
	regard something as probable or likely
	look forward to the probable occurrence of
	consider reasonable or due
	consider obligatory; request and expect