capture-and-hold
nounUK /ˈkæp.tʃər ənd həʊld/
US /ˈkæp.tʃɚ ənd hoʊld/
A plan to catch something and keep it so it cannot get away.
The soldiers used a capture-and-hold plan to take the bridge and keep it safe.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A military strategy of taking a place and then defending it.
The army's capture-and-hold strategy secured the town for weeks.
3. In business, buying a company and keeping control of it.
The investor's capture-and-hold approach meant he kept the company for years.
4. In games, catching a piece or area and keeping it under your control.
Her capture-and-hold move won her the whole board.