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  • 111hold up — vt: to make the victim of a holdup: rob at gunpoint Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. hold up I …

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  • 112hold up to scorn — I verb belittle, condemn, deride, disdain, disesteem, disparage, feel contempt for, flout, hold in contempt, hold in derision, hold up to obloquy, insult, jape, jeer, laugh at, mock, rail at, revile, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer at,… …

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  • 113hold-out — (n.) one who abstains or refrains when others do not, by 1911, from verbal expression hold out; see HOLD (Cf. hold) (v.) + OUT (Cf. out). Earlier as the name of a card sharper s device (1893) …

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  • 114hold with doing something — hold with ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child …

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  • 115hold with something — hold with ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child …

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  • 116hold with — ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child …

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  • 117hold back — / hold off [v] repress bit, bridle, check, control, curb, defer, delay, deny, forbear, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep out, postpone, prevent, put off, refrain, refuse, restrain, stop, suppress, withhold; concepts 121,130 Ant.… …

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  • 118hold off — hold back / hold off [v] repress bit, bridle, check, control, curb, defer, delay, deny, forbear, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep out, postpone, prevent, put off, refrain, refuse, restrain, stop, suppress, withhold; concepts 121 …

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  • 119hołd — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. hołdłdzie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl 20}}{{stl 12}}1. {{/stl 12}}{{stl 7}} widomy znak wyjątkowego szacunku okazywanego komuś; uwielbienie : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Składać należny hołd bohaterom. Złożyć hołd …

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  • 120hold all the cards — To have control over all of the factors that may determine the outcome of a situation • • • Main Entry: ↑card * * * hold/have/all the cards phrase to be in a good position to beat or defeat someone because you have all the advantages The… …

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