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  • Hold It Against Me — «Hold It Against Me» Sencillo de Britney Spears del álbum Femme Fatale Publicación 11 de enero de 2011 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Hold It Against Me — «Hold It Against Me» Сингл Бритни Спирс из альбома Femme Fatale …   Википедия

  • Hold It Against Me — Single par Britney Spears extrait de l’album Femme Fatale Sortie 11 janvier 2011 Durée 3:50 Genre Pop, Dance Format …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hold It Against Me — Britney Spears Veröffentlichung 18. Februar 2011 (CD) Länge 3:49 Genre(s) Dancepop Autor(en) Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie McKee, Mathieu Jomphe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • hold out — v. 1) (B) ( to offer ) they didn t hold out much hope to us 2) (D; intr.) to hold out against ( to resist ) (they held out against the enemy for a month) 3) (D; intr.) to hold out for ( to demand ) (they held out for better terms) 4) (d; intr.)… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • hold out — Synonyms and related words: abide, balk, be proof against, be unflappable, be unmoved, be unwilling, bear up, bear up against, beg off, bide, boycott, carry on, come up fighting, continue, continue to be, decline, decline to accept, defeat time,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • hold|out — «HOHLD OWT», noun. Informal. 1. a person, group, or organization that refuses to accept terms, submit, or comply as with a trend or order: »Despite their reputation as long time holdouts against Government handouts, the nervous beef raisers are… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold out — 1. to continue to defend yourself without being defeated. The city won t be able to hold out much longer against the bombing attacks. 2. to continue to demand something in a determined way. The factory workers are holding out for a pay increase.… …   New idioms dictionary

  • out|stand — «owt STAND», verb, stood, stand|ing. –v.i. 1. to stand out distinctly or prominently. 2. to sail away from land; move from the shore: »Many a keel shall seaward turn, And many a sail outstand (John Greenleaf Whittier). –v.t. Dialect. to stand or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

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