hold+a+place

  • 71hold back — {v.} 1. To stay back or away; show unwillingness. * /The visitor tried to gel the child to come to her, but he held back./ * /John held back from social activity because he felt embarrassed with people./ 2. To keep someone in place; prevent from… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 72hold back — {v.} 1. To stay back or away; show unwillingness. * /The visitor tried to gel the child to come to her, but he held back./ * /John held back from social activity because he felt embarrassed with people./ 2. To keep someone in place; prevent from… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 73hold\ back — v 1. To stay back or away; show unwillingness. The visitor tried to gel the child to come to her, but he held back. John held back from social activity because he felt embarrassed with people. 2. To keep someone in place; prevent from acting. The …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 74hold — həʊld n. grasp, grip; handle, something to grip; influence, effect; order to delay or postpone something; stronghold, secure fortified place; storage space in the hull of a ship v. have in one s hand; include, contain; keep, save; restrain;… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 75hold the fort — manage affairs until the one in authority returns; protect oneself; protect a place, defend a location (home, military base, fortress, etc.) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 76hold the key — to provide the explanation for something that you could not previously understand. Fiennes, who had been looking for the place for twenty years, became convinced that this road held the key …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 77place of worship — formal a church or other building where people hold religious ceremonies …

    English dictionary

  • 78hold track — A railroad track used by a railroad company for cars awaiting movement to the place where the freight carried shall be delivered ultimately to the consignee. State ex ref. Crow v Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. 176 Mo 687, 75 SW 776 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 79hold sway — verb be master; reign or rule (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑control, ↑command • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * I see …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 80Authorization hold — (also card authorisation, preauthorization, or preauth) is the practice within the banking industry of authorizing electronic transactions done with a debit card or credit card and holding this balance as unavailable either until the merchant… …

    Wikipedia