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• hold up — verb 1. be the physical support of; carry the weight of (Freq. 4) The beam holds up the roof He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam What s holding that mirror? • Syn: ↑hold, ↑support, ↑sustain …   Useful english dictionary

• Hold — Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hold Me Down — Studio album by You Me at Six Released 11 January 2010 (see …   Wikipedia

• hold up as — ˌhold ˈup as [transitive] often passive [present tense I/you/we/they hold up as he/she/it holds up as present participle holding up as past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• hold harmless — adj: of, relating to, or being an agreement between parties in which one assumes the potential liability for injury that may arise from a situation and thus relieves the other of liability a hold harmless agreement a hold harmless clause compare… …   Law dictionary

• Hold your horses — sometimes said as Hold the horses , is a common idiom to mean hold on or wait, which is believed to have originated in the United States of America in the 19th century and is historically related to horse riding, or driving a horse drawn vehicle …   Wikipedia

• hold your own — phrase to be as good as someone more experienced or stronger, for example in an argument or discussion Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: hold * * * hold your own : to do well in a difficult situation… …   Useful english dictionary

• hold-up — ˈhold up noun [countable] TRANSPORT MANUFACTURING a delay, for example in transport or production: • motorway holdups * * * hold up UK US /ˈhəʊldʌp/ noun [C] ► a delay that prevents something from happening …   Financial and business terms

• hold harmless clause — United Kingdom A clause, often included as part of an indemnity provision in the US, under which one contracting party (A) undertakes not to hold another contracting party (B) responsible for ( harmless against ) certain claims and liability that …   Law dictionary

• Hold come what may — is a phrase popularized by the late Harvard philosophy professor, W. V. Quine. Beliefs that are held come what may are beliefs one is unwilling to give up, regardless of any evidence with which one might be presented. Quine held (on a perhaps… …   Wikipedia

• hold-over relief — England, Wales A capital gains tax deferral relief. The chargeable gain (chargeable gains) is not taxed when it arises, but instead is held over and added to the next gain which arises (if any). Hold over relief only applies to: • chargeable… …   Law dictionary