Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.
Sorry to hold you up, but my train was late.
Two masked men held up the grocery store on my block.
They held her up at gunpoint.
Her parents always held her sister up as the kind of person she should be.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
hold over someone's head — verb 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. See Also: hold, hold over … Wiktionary
get hold of someone — phrase to manage to talk to someone, on the telephone or directly Can you get hold of Mike and tell him the meeting’s postponed? Thesaurus: general words meaning to say somethingsynonym Main entry: hold … Useful english dictionary
get hold of someone — get hold of (someone) to communicate with someone. He said he planned to call Mom this week, so I thought he d get hold of her sooner or later … New idioms dictionary
hold — hold1 [hōld] vt. held, holding [ME holden < Anglian OE haldan (WS healdan), akin to Ger halten, Goth haldan, to tend sheep < IE base * kel , to drive, incite to action > Gr kelēs, swift horse, L celer, swift: prob. sense development:… … English World dictionary
hold up something — hold up (someone/something) 1. to delay someone or something. Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident. Sorry to hold you up, but my train was late. 2. to try to steal from a person or place by using violence. Two masked men held up… … New idioms dictionary
hold up — (someone/something) 1. to delay someone or something. Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident. Sorry to hold you up, but my train was late. 2. to try to steal from a person or place by using violence. Two masked men held up the… … New idioms dictionary
hold (someone) at arm's length — hold/keep (someone) at arm s length to not allow someone to become too friendly with you. I always had the feeling she was keeping me at arm s length … New idioms dictionary
get hold of someone — to manage to talk to someone, on the telephone or directly Can you get hold of Mike and tell him the meeting s postponed? … English dictionary
hold — 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
hold — 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 … English dictionary
