hold on a minute

  • 1hold on a minute — …

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  • 2hold/hang on a minute — (or wait/just a minute) informal 1 used to tell someone to wait or to stop for a brief time “Aren t you finished yet?” “Hold on a minute. I m almost done.” Hang on a minute–I didn t hear you. Could you repeat what you said? 2 used to express… …

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  • 3hold up — {v.} 1. To raise; lift. * /John held up his hand./ 2. To support; hear; carry. * /The chair was too weak to hold up Mrs. Smith./ 3. To show; call attention to; exhibit. * /The teacher held up excellent models of composition for her class to… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4hold up — {v.} 1. To raise; lift. * /John held up his hand./ 2. To support; hear; carry. * /The chair was too weak to hold up Mrs. Smith./ 3. To show; call attention to; exhibit. * /The teacher held up excellent models of composition for her class to… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 5Hold Nickar — Hold Nickar, aunque sea relacionado por algunos con Nickar (nikr o nicor, un demonio escandinavo de las aguas), parece ser, en la verdad, una corruptela de Hjaldr Hnikar, uno de los títulos del dios teutónico Odín y que significa «Incitador de… …

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  • 6hold — hold1 [ hould ] (past tense and past participle held [ held ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 carry ▸ 2 stop someone/something from moving ▸ 3 put arms around someone ▸ 4 (be able to) contain ▸ 5 have ▸ 6 continue in same state ▸ 7 keep/stop something ▸ 8 not… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7minute — min|ute1 W1S1 [ˈmınıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2 the last minute 3 by the minute 4 love/enjoy/hate etc every minute (of something) 5 within minutes 6 a minute 7 in a minute 8 wait a minute/just a minute/hold on a minute/hang on a minute …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8minute — 1 / mInit/ noun (C) 1 TIME one of the 60 parts into which an hour is divided: It takes me ten minutes to walk to work. | The train arrived at four minutes past eight. 2 at the last minute at the last possible time, just before it is too late:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9minute — I UK [ˈmɪnɪt] / US noun Word forms minute : singular minute plural minutes *** 1) [countable] a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour I ll meet you downstairs in ten minutes. We waited until twenty minutes to ten, then left.… …

    English dictionary

  • 10hold on — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms hold on : present tense I/you/we/they hold on he/she/it holds on present participle holding on past tense held on past participle held on 1) to hold something tightly or carefully so that you do not drop it… …

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