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hold someone hostage — hold (or take) someone hostage seize and keep someone as a hostage they were held hostage by armed rebels | taken hostage at gunpoint … Useful english dictionary
hostage */ — UK [ˈhɒstɪdʒ] / US [ˈhɑstɪdʒ] noun [countable] Word forms hostage : singular hostage plural hostages a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want The President is making every effort to… … English dictionary
hostage — hos|tage [ hastıdʒ ] noun count * a person who is the prisoner of someone who threatens to kill them if they do not get what they want: The President is making every effort to obtain the release of the hostages. take someone hostage: Six visiting … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hostage — noun (C) 1 someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands: hold sb hostage (=keep someone as a hostage): The group are holding three western tourists hostage. | take sb hostage (=seize someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hold as a hostage — index confine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Hostage crisis — A crisis develops when one or more terrorists or criminals hold people against their will and try to hold off the authorities by force, threatening to kill the hostages if provoked or attacked. Typically, the party of the hostage taker(s) will… … Wikipedia
hold — hold1 W1S1 [həuld US hould] v past tense and past participle held [held] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in your hand/arms)¦ 2¦(event)¦ 3¦(keep something in position)¦ 4¦(job/title)¦ 5¦(keep/store)¦ 6¦(keep something available for somebody)¦ 7¦(keep somebody… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hostage — n. 1) to take smb. hostage 2) to seize, take hostages 3) to hold smb. (as a) hostage * * * [ hɒstɪdʒ] take hostages to hold smb. (as a) hostage to seize to take smb. hostage … Combinatory 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
