overtaking (situation where a political party manages to get more votes that a party that was previously more successful than it, especially if both parties are perceived to share parts of their ideology); overtaking (situation where a country or region surpasses another one in terms of GDP or GDP per capita)
ring (round piece worn around the finger); a Spanish guessing game; a game played by gauchos where they try to catch a suspended ring while galloping on horseback
to hold, to hold up, to prop up, to sustain, to underpin (physically); to sustain, to support, to keep (i.e. to give continuity to); to support, to uphold, to hold, to sustain, to contend, to maintain, to argue, to claim, to underpin, to defend