hold#over

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Definition of hold#over in English English dictionary

hold over
to save, delay

We will have to hold over these files until tomorrow.

hold over
something left from an earlier time

The QWERTY keyboard layout is a holdover from the days when manual typewriters jammed.

hold over someone's head
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.

hold over
hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
hold over
continue a term of office past the normal period of time
hold over
If you hold something over someone, you use it in order to threaten them or make them do what you want. Did Laurie know something, and hold it over Felicity?
hold over
intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"
hold over
hold over goods to be sold for the next season
hold over
If something is held over, it does not happen or it is not dealt with until a future date. Further voting might be held over until tomorrow We would have held the story over until the next day
hold over
keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
hold over
continue a term of office past the normal period of time keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
hold#over

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    Etymology

    [ 'hOld ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High German haltan to hold, and perhaps to Latin celer rapid, Greek klonos agitation.
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