By then you'll be strong enough to hold down a job.
Why would a woman like you want to hold down such a job?
In modern society you've got to have a good education to hold down a job.
More important is what holding down a job after so long says about her.
Every student was simply required to hold down a job.
He also at one time held down 3 jobs and put himself through college.
She was there, God knows how, holding down a job and taking care of me, all at once.
Without help they won't be able to go to school or receive work training, much less hold down a job.
So people whose personal problems make holding down a job difficult will have less time to address them.
He'd told Sam then that they might lose the house if their mother couldn't hold down a job.