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If I were to ask someone to hold onto something so I don't lose it, is there a word for that?

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  • Or "May I entrust you with [sth] ?", noting that [sth] might be a belonging, a secret or a mission.
    – Graffito
    Oct 26 at 7:07

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There are several phrases such as 'look after' and 'take care of' but a single word is

mind

to take care of someone or something
Could you mind my bag for a moment?

From Cambridge Dictionary.

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  • I suppose 'bank' is a little different. // In the UK, 'Can you mind X, please?' in this sense implies (the strongly suggests or the demands sense) a limited-time favour. There's also the general 'tend / look after': 'I have to mind the shop now Brian has left.'
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Oct 26 at 15:40
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/safekept#:~:text=safekept%20%2D%20Wiktionary%2C%20the%20free%20dictionary

Verb - safekept - simple past and past participle of safekeep

https://eng.ichacha.net/zaoju/safekeep.html

"Flashing between excitement and paranoia, Hevlin abruptly leaves, asking the player to safekeep the map."

Also, safekeeping

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/safekeeping

"I left my watch with Helen for safekeeping while I swam."

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  • The noun safekeeping is much more common that the verb safekeep, which is a rare back-formation from the noun.
    – Kate Bunting
    Oct 26 at 9:46

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