Definition of hold#on in English English dictionary
- Hold 'em
- Texas hold 'em
- hold
- To reserve
Hold a table for us at 7:00.
- hold
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble
- hold
- To detain
Hold the suspect in this cell.
- hold
- The cargo area of a ship, (often cargo hold)
Put that in the hold.
- hold
- A position or grip used to control the opponent
He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
- hold
- To cause to wait or delay
Hold the elevator.
- hold
- To have and keep possession of something
The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.
- hold
- Something reserved or kept
We have a hold here for you.
- hold
- To be or remain valid; to apply; to hold true; to hold good
- hold
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken
- hold
- To contain or store
This package holds six bottles.
- hold
- To maintain, to consider
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
- hold
- To grasp or grip
Hold the pencil like this.
- hold
- A grasp or grip
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- hold
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So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.
- hold
- To win one's own service game
- hold a candle
- To compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another
The old computer just doesn't hold a candle to the latest models.
- hold a grudge
- To stay angry (at someone or something) far longer than is reasonable
I made a mistake. That's not a good reason to hold a grudge against me.
- hold a torch for
- Alternative form of carry a torch for
- hold all the aces
- To be in a strong position when one is competing with someone else, having all the advantages
- hold back
- to act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power
Don't hold back. Hit it as hard as you can.
- hold back
- to delay, especially in school
He's a year older than his classmates because he was held back in second grade.
- hold back
- to contain; stop
The dam can't hold back that much water.
- hold down
- To restrain; to check
You hold him down while I search him.
- hold down
- To continue, to hold and to manage well
I held down that job for years.
- hold forth
- Talk at great length; expatiate; harangue
- hold forth
- To extend or offer, propose
- hold hands
- Of two or more people, to clasp another's hand with one's own hand
- hold hard
- to remain still
Hold hard, here come the sheep.
- hold hostage
- To have possession or custody of a person as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand
- hold hostage
- Any situation or leverage used to entrap or corner someone without physical restraint
- hold it
- Wait to excrete when you need to
- hold it
- Wait a minute; stop
Hold it. What did you say his name was?.
- hold off
- To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed)
Hold off baking until I get there.
- hold off
- To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed)
Hold off on baking until I get there.
- hold off
- To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay
Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them.
- hold on
- To keep; to store something for someone
Hold on to my umbrella while I ride the roller coaster.
- hold on
- To stay loyal
He didn't give up his fandom when others were; he held on.
- hold on
- Wait a short while
Hold on while I get my coat.
- hold on
- To hold, grasp, or grip
Hold on tight to the railing.
- hold on
- To persist
- hold one's breath
- To wait, as if breathlessly
- hold one's head above water
- Alternative form of keep one's head above water
- hold one's horses
- To be patient; to wait
I would ask everybody to hold their horses until we go through the process, ElBaradei said.
- hold one's liquor
- To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol
When I first came to London and fell in with Sebastian and Evangeline, neither could hold their liquor, nor judge which glass should be their last.
- hold one's own
- To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself
But Ford, and Chrysler continued to hold their own against the latest competition from the Japanese.
- hold one's serve
- to win a game when one is serving
- hold one's tongue
- to keep quiet; especially, to leave something unsaid
I don't like his ideas, but I will hold my tongue.
- hold one's urine
- Not to urinate (for some period of time)
Because urinating tends to wash out the urethra, and because the urethra can be a rich source of diagnostic material, the sample will be more useful if the patient has held his urine for at least three hours.
- hold one's water
- To hold one's urine
- hold one's water
- To be patient; to control one's impulses
- hold out
- To set something aside or save it for later
Pack the boxes, but hold out a few blue ones for later.
- hold out
- To withhold something
You've got a key! Why have you been holding out on me?.
- hold out
- To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)
How long has he been holding out?.
- hold out
- To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward
I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.
- hold out
- To survive, endure
How long can they hold out without water?.
- hold out
- Alternative spelling of holdout
- hold over
- to save, delay
We will have to hold over these files until tomorrow.
- hold over
- something left from an earlier time
The QWERTY keyboard layout is a holdover from the days when manual typewriters jammed.
- hold over someone's head
- To harp on; to remind continuously (especially of a misstep or defeat)
I get one parking ticket and he holds it over my head for six months.
- hold somebody's hand
- To grasp or hold a person's hand
- hold somebody's hand
- To guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details
I'll give you advice on writing an article, but I won't hold your hand through the entire process.
- hold someone's feet to the fire
- To maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions
He kept tabs on presidents, monitored members of Congress, held bureaucrats' feet to the fire.
- hold sway
- Be pre-eminent; have the greatest influence (over someone or something); dominate
- hold that thought
- Used to acknowledge that one's attention needs to be diverted from what an speaker was saying
.... and then .... / John, hold that thought. I need to take this call..
- hold that thought
- To pause in a conversation for an interruption
- hold the fort
- To assume responsibility, especially in another’s absence
- hold the fort
- To maintain a secure position
- hold the phone
- stop; wait; woah. What's this? Look at this!
Hold the phone! We've had this problem before, with the other machine.
- hold the phone
- To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection
They asked me to hold the phone while they went to look up the answer.
- hold the purse strings
- To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility
- hold the reins
- To be in charge, to be in control, as of a business, political organization, or other group
While conservatives hold the reins at the SBC, moderates have retained control of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
- hold tight
- To hold something or someone closely
Hold me tight and kiss me.
- hold tight
- To hold on to something for security
Hold tight to me, the bus is going round a sharp bend.
- hold tight
- To hold something securely
Hold tight to that vase, and don't drop it.
- hold true
- to remain true, valid or applicable; to apply
However the case may be with societies under widely different conditions of development, the law of mass and individuality holds true of the social facts known to us.
- hold true
- to be true, valid or applicable
- hold up
- To wait or delay
Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
- hold up
- To withstand; to stand up to; to survive
hold up to heavy use.
- hold up
- to rob at gunpoint
The guy tried to hold up a bank.
- hold up
- To support or lift
Hold up the table while I slide this underneath.
- hold up
- to fulfil / fulfill or complete one's part of an agreement
I don't think he's holding up his end of the bargain.
- hold up one's end
- To hold up one's end of the bargain; to fulfill one's promise or obligation
I'm holding up my end and you had better hold up yours.
- hold water
- To withstand scrutiny or criticism; to be valid
Young man, he said, upon this point I can only say that your story is grossly improbable. It won't hold water..
- hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- To oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite
Well, if you ask me, Pastor Hawkins is trying to hold with the hare and run with the hounds by opposing casino gambling when his church operates a bingo game every Thursday night.
- hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- To remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy
Julianna needs to be careful if she keeps holding with the hare and running with the hounds; she might wind up making enemies of both labor and management.
- hold your fire
- Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile
- hold your fire
- Wait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet
Hold your fire and let me explain.
- hold'em
- Texas hold 'em
- hold-up
- Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders
- hold-up
- a robbery at gunpoint
This is a hold-up! Give us all your money.
- hold-up
- A delay or wait
What is the holdup?.
- hold-up play
- A play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field
- hold-ups
- Women's stockings designed to be worn without suspenders
Yet the conventions of cheating possess an odd kind of romance, of the love affair perpetually stalled in its first stages, when no one on the platform at Paddington knows you're only wearing hold-ups under your mac and you can briefly return to the drama of being the woman you thought had died of boredom somewhere on the thousand-and-eleventh trip to Waitrose.
- hold-ups
- plural form of hold-up
- hold
- A borrower may request that a circulating book be held upon its return The patron will be notified when it becomes available
- hold
- A hold on a book guarantees that a book checked out to another person will be saved for you when the book is returned You may request a hold on a book at the Circulation Desk
- hold
- (Senate only) An informal practice by which a Senator informs his or her floor leader that he or she does not wish a particular bill or other measure to reach the floor for consideration The Majority Leader need not follow the Senator's wishes, but is on notice that the opposing Senator may filibuster any motion to proceed to consider the measure
- hold
- When item needed by a library user is out to someone else, one can place a hold on the item through the library online system A hold will ensure that the library user will be next in line when the item is returned and becomes available In Webcat the term Request is used for placing a hold
- hold
- Status applied to an item being held at the Circulation Desk A valid borrower may request that a circulating book or other material be held upon its return to the Library The patron will be notified when the material becomes available
- hold
- A term given to the act of holding a balance intact until an item or items have been collected By placing a hold on an account, the Bank will not permit the withdrawal of the uncollected portion of a deposit until it is certain that the items have been collected Back to Top
- hold dear
- value, cherish, esteem, appreciate, treasure
- hold in
- If you hold in an emotion or feeling, you do not allow yourself to express it, often making it more difficult to deal with. Depression can be traced to holding in anger Go ahead and cry. Don't hold it in
- hold
- {v} to support grasp, keep, retain, detain, stick, continue
- hold
- {n} a support, catch, power, custody, place, the interior of a ship
- hold
- {e} stop! stay! cease! leave off! forbear
- hold a mock election
- Conduct an imitated election for educational purpose
