What is "hold still for"

Usage examples of "hold still for".

I considered making him a junior partner in charges of such emergencies, with about I0 per cent share or so--out of Lewis's 35 per cent, of course--but I was sure Lewis wouldn't hold still for that.

I know where the bodies are buried in this burg, and I won't hold still for excessive squeeze.

Medieval life in this prose epic is as full of squalor as of splendor, and far too dynamic ever to hold still for a tableau.

You can't have yourself a vision quest unless you've got the discipline to hold still for it.

Now, hold still for a moment, think of a cloudless sky, and try not to move.