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hold over

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hold over in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. hold over goods to be sold for the next season
    carry over  hold over 
  2. hold back to a later time
    "let's postpone the exam"
    postpone  prorogue  hold over  put over  table  shelve  set back  defer  remit  put off 
  3. intimidate somebody (with a threat)
    "She was holding it over him"
    hold over 
  4. keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
    hold over 
  5. continue a term of office past the normal period of time
    hold over 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


hold over in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) something left from an earlier time
  2. (verb) (idiom) to save, delay
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