Hold the field British verb phrase
To stay in the most important position
He loses this battle, so he can not hold the field in his team.
He has held the field at the center of his team for many years.
The verb "hold" should be conjugated according to its tense.
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.