Hold
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good hold | good stand |
| full | full hold | full stand |
| long | long hold | long stand |
| complex | complex hold | complex stand |
| Other adjectives: firm, complete, original, many, simple, empty, small, actual, entire, massive, big, huge, main, illegal, famous, former, final, last, giant, awesome, favorite. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- So intangible, in fact, that he could not stand or hold onto things, and he eventually fell through the ground to presumably die of either a fiery death in the earth's mantle, or asphyxiation.
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Sometimes Tom Chaplin will pick up the whole mic stand and hold it to the crowd to get them to sing it.
Source: Audience Participation Song -
This is a hold-over from the days of typewriters with their monospacing (where every character occupies the same amount of space), to help the period stand out.
Source: Technology Marches On
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