hold a thing

  • 21hold the mustard — hold the chilli/mustard/cream/etc mainly american spoken phrase used for telling someone not to give you a particular thing, especially a type of food Give me a hot dog, and hold the mustard. Thesaurus: ways of saying no …

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  • 22hold the cream — hold the chilli/mustard/cream/etc mainly american spoken phrase used for telling someone not to give you a particular thing, especially a type of food Give me a hot dog, and hold the mustard. Thesaurus: ways of saying no …

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  • 23hold|back — «HOHLD BAK», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a thing that holds back; restraint; hindrance. 2. the act of restraining or preventing action. 3. an iron or strap on the shaft of a wagon or carriage to which the harness is attached, enabling a horse to hold …

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  • 24hold|fast — «HOHLD FAST, FAHST», noun. 1. a thing used to hold something else in place, such as a hook or clamp. 2. the act or fact of holding fast; firm or sure grasp. 3. a branched or disk shaped basal portion by which a sessile organism, such as a… …

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  • 25hold|o|ver — «HOHLD OH vuhr», noun. 1. a) a person who continues to hold an office after his term has expired: »He was a holdover from the Cabinet that quit on Monday (New York Times). b) a person or thing that remains behind from a former period: »the little …

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  • 26hold — I [[t]ho͟ʊld[/t]] PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING ♦ holds, holding, held 1) VERB When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms. [V n prep/adv] Hold the knife at an angle... [V n] She is holding her …

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  • 27hold up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upwards into a particular position and keep it there. [V P n (not pron)] She held up her hand stiffly... [V n P] Hold it up so that we can see it. 2) PHRASAL …

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  • 28thing — noun 1 used instead of the name of an object ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, essential ▪ I need to buy a few basic things like bread and milk. VERB + THING ▪ make ▪ He make …

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  • 29hold — 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… …

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  • 30hold — I UK [həʊld] / US [hoʊld] verb Word forms hold : present tense I/you/we/they hold he/she/it holds present participle holding past tense held UK [held] / US past participle held *** 1) [transitive] to carry something using your hands or arms Can… …

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