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    [Verb]  | "hold" | \ ˈhōld \


    1: to have possession or ownership of or have at one's disposal

    2: to have as a privilege or position of responsibility

    3: to have as a mark of distinction


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English holden, going back to Old English healdan, going back to Germanic *hald-a-, whence also Old High German haltan "to protect, guard, hold," Old Saxon haldan, Old Norse halda, Gothic haldan "to tend, graze (cattle)"; perhaps, if -d- (going back to Indo-European *-dh-) is a root extension with resultative meaning, a derivative from the Indo-European base *kelh1- "set in motion," with sense shift from "pasture" to "keep, protect" to "hold" {mat|accelerate|};

    [Phrase]  | "holding with" 


    1: to have a favorable opinion of;


      * e.g., " ... I don't hold with many of my parents' views. "





    [Phrase]  | "hold with" 


    1: to have a favorable opinion of;


      * e.g., " ... I don't hold with many of my parents' views. "





     [ "Hold on" ]

    1: A phrase used on the phone to hang up or put the other person on hold for an little amount of time. It indicates that they are going to call back.

      * e.g.,  ... “Hold on, my sister is calling. I’ll call you right back.” 

     [ "Hold It" ]

    1: When someone is wrong or says a dumb comment. “Yeah you can Hold It”

      * e.g.,  ... “You can Hold It” 


     [ "Hold It" ]

    2: “Hold It”


     [ "Hold It" ]

    3: “Hold that L”

     [ "holding" ]

    1: To have drugs to sell

      * e.g.,  ... Buyer - Yo, You Holding? 

     [ "holding it in" ]

    1: Holding in a piss or a shit, often on a road trip. A necessary life skill.

      * e.g.,  ... Jeff was holding it in on the bus ride; he really had to piss! 

     [ "holding" ]

    1: Possessing drugs for available for sale.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm 'holding' if you wanna give me a call sometime." 

     [ "Hold It!" ]

    1: 1) What attorneys (usually the defense) say during a cross-examination when they question the witness in the Ace Attorney series

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Phoenix: Hold it! About what time would you say this occured? 


     [ "Hold It!" ]

    2: 2) What a person says to stop something from happening in the Ace Attorney series (a voice clip usually won’t play)

      * e.g.,  ... 2) Maya: Hold it! Lotta, your testimony stinks! 

     [ "hold it" ]

    1: another way of sayin, 'goodbye', 'lata' or '1'

      * e.g.,  ... 1st person: im gon, meet me 2moro ye xx 

     [ "holding" ]

    1: Having drugs to sell

      * e.g.,  ... Yea im holdin' also see holdin 

     [ "on hold" ]

    1: suspended, postponed (from the button on a telephone marked hold, used to switch temporarily from the conversation)

      * e.g.,  ... Our vacation plans were on hold due to the lack of transportation. 

     [ "hold" ]

    1: v. to borrow, or receive money

      * e.g.,  ... Ayo cuzz, lemme hold a 20. 

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