holding up
举起,举着,举起手来,举出
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held; held or hold·en; hold·ing.
- : to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- : to set aside; reserve or retain: to hold merchandise until called for; to hold a reservation.
- : to bear, sustain, or support, as with the hands or arms, or by any other means.
- : to keep in a specified state, relation, etc.: The preacher held them spellbound.
- : to detain: The police held him at the station house.
- : to engage in; preside over; carry on: to hold a meeting.
- : to keep back from action; hinder; restrain: Fear held him from acting.
- : to have the ownership or use of; keep as one's own; occupy: to hold political office.
- : to contain or be capable of containing: This bottle holds a quart.
- : to bind or make accountable to an obligation: We will hold you to your promise to pay back the money.
- : to have or keep in the mind; think or believe: We hold this belief.
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Phrases
- hold a candle to, not
- hold against
- hold a grudge
- hold a gun to someone's head
- hold all the aces
- hold at bay
- hold back
- hold court
- hold down
- hold everything
- hold forth
- hold good
- hold it
- hold no brief for
- hold off
- hold on
- hold one's breath
- hold one's end up
- hold one's fire
- hold one's head high
- hold one's horses
- hold one's own
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Observations they had planned for the spring were put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic.
They are readily available, and I never have to wait on hold for an hour.
Hartman said he was told the hold was due to unspecified operational issues.
His factory, which employs 14 people, was shut for more than two months, with most first-half orders put on hold.
In March, as the Coronavirus crisis was beginning to take hold, agencies conducted tests to see how viable remote work was before sending employees home for what many thought would be just a few weeks.
Blacks would hold about 13 percent of the seats and Latinos 17 percent.
Tomorrow they should hold placards of the cartoons Charlie Hebdo had printed.
Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.
But how much they have regained or how durable their hold is remains unclear.
But that would now have to be put on hold because he had been shot in the Bronx.
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.
Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.
He was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.