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She asked me to hold the baby for just a minute while she bought her railway ticket
He held me in his arms briefly before the guards led him into the quad
Hold up your hands and kick the gun over here to me
You hold his attention while I try to get round behind him
Even a strait-jacket and chains couldn't hold Houdini
He is being held overnight for questioning
What do you hold to be important in life? Father holds me responsible for every little dent in his car
That little nail won't hold this picture
This suitcase holds everything I own in the world
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, at noon
What may be in order for Manchester may not necessarily hold for another city
She holds two engineering degrees. He was holding four aces
Screws are needed here - nails won't hold
Being married to her doesn't mean you have to hold with
hold back
Many reasons hold me back from telling you what I think
We ought to hold back payment till the work is completed
hold down
We must hold down inflation
He has to hold down two jobs to pay all the bills
hold forth
As usual, Pinckley endlessly held forth on his pet subject, fishing
The company has held forth a profit-sharing plan that we cannot refuse
hold in
I could hold myself in no longer and a scream escaped my lips
How can I hold in my feelings for you?
hold off
We held off buying till we had the money saved up
We held off the attackers till help came
hold on
Hold on to the rope and I'll pull you up
hold
Don't try to hold on to yesterday's dreams
Hold on a minute! I'm not finished
hold out
I hope that the good weather holds out for our trip. Can we hold out till reinforcements arrive
I grasped the hand he held out
hold over
The decision is to be held over till next year
The singer was popular enough to be held over a month
hold up
Two men held up the bank courier last night
I was held up by the infernal traffic again
I am not sure that my car will hold up through another winter
Gibbons has been held up to ridicule since the scandal
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