Synonym: carry over, defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table. Similar words: over and over, over and over again, dover, hand over, read over, cloud over, spread over, ride roughshod over. Meaning: v. 1. intimidate somebody (with a threat) 2. hold over goods to be sold for the next season 3. keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time 4. continue a term of office past the normal period of time 5. hold back to a later time.
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1 You can hold over the matter till next week.
2 The blackmailer had a hold over him.
3 He no longer had any hold over her.
4 He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother.
5 Would you please hold over the rest of the goods?
6 I realized that the woman had a hold over my father.
7 Not to hold over this note into the next measure.
8 Let's hold over discussion of this problem until our next meeting.
9 The author has a considerable hold over the reading public.
10 The President said that he would hold over until a new one was selected.
11 One CD-ROM disk can hold over 100,(www.Sentencedict.com)000 pages of text.
12 His hold over swimming was never so strong.
13 She has definitely got something to hold over old rival Adam.
14 They are indicative of the government's shaky hold over grass-roots politics.
15 Because this Journal is already full we will hold over a full report until the next issue.
16 To gain and maintain his hold over the Company Sulivan had to become a formidable politician and he inevitably made many enemies.
17 I have a strong hold over it.
18 Hold over BH for 5 minutes due to traffic.
19 Please hold over the rest of the goods.
20 He has a great hold over his younger brother.
21 He's got a hold over me.
22 They no longer have a hold over the victim's family.
23 Hold over BH until 1312 due to traffic congestion at " Rumet " point.
24 Hold over the implementation period in 2009[sentencedict.com], holding over the longest period of no more than 6 months.
25 McDonald's has a strong hold over the fast food market.
26 Do you think you have a psychological hold over him now?
27 He had ordered his officers to keep an exceptionally firm hold over their men.
28 What she knew about his past gave her a hold over him.
29 Besides the unlimited license to overcharge, the prosecutor has a crowbar called time to hold over your head.
30 Many other features of late medieval Catholicism exercised a similarly strong hold over the popular mind.
More similar words: over and over, over and over again, dover, hand over, read over, cloud over, spread over, ride roughshod over, hold out, hold on, dove, hold on to, get hold of, over and above, over, cover, overt, lover, hover, oversee, glover, get over, do over, overall, overdo, be over, go over, govern, covert, all over.