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  • 41I Can't Hold Back — is a song recorded by the band Survivor. It was the first hit single from their 1984 album Vital Signs . The song peaked at #13 in December 1984 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart …

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  • 42Hold back one's brumbies — calm oneself down …

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  • 43hold back one's brumbies — Australian Slang calm oneself down …

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  • 44Hold Back the Dawn —    Voir Par la porte d or …

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  • 45hold — hold1 [hōld] vt. held, holding [ME holden < Anglian OE haldan (WS healdan), akin to Ger halten, Goth haldan, to tend sheep < IE base * kel , to drive, incite to action > Gr kelēs, swift horse, L celer, swift: prob. sense development:… …

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  • 46hold — Ⅰ. hold [1] ► VERB (past and past part. held) 1) grasp, carry, or support. 2) keep or detain. 3) have in one s possession. 4) contain or be capable of containing. 5) have or occupy (a job or position) …

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  • 47hold — vb 1 hold back, withhold, reserve, detain, retain, *keep, keep back, keep out Analogous words: *restrain, inhibit, curb, check: preserve, conserve, *save Contrasted words: *relinquish, surrender, abandon, resign, yield 2 …

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  • 48hold somebody back from doing something — ˌhold ˈback (from doing sth) | ˌhold sb ˈback (from doing sth) derived to hesitate or to make sb hesitate to act or speak • She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news. • I wanted to tell him the truth, but something held me back.… …

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  • 49hold off — hold back / hold off [v] repress bit, bridle, check, control, curb, defer, delay, deny, forbear, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep out, postpone, prevent, put off, refrain, refuse, restrain, stop, suppress, withhold; concepts 121 …

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  • 50hold something back — hold (something) back to keep something secret. They talk about everything and hold back nothing …

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