1. Hold, keep. 2. Nautica is herding the sails so that strong wind or storm do not drag the ship. 3. In bullfighting, it is organizing or participating in a rodeo where the animal is not killed. 4. Steal a coat or cloak of shoulders, taking advantage of an agglomeration of people. 5. Lunfardo is the art of stealing money from a wallet without removing it from the pocket of the victim. See: weather the storm.
It is the Act of overcoming obstacles, avoid them, surpass them. Sort deal, fight, endure, remain, endure.