Synonym: deny, disallow, keep, preserve, refuse, reserve, save. Similar words: hold with, youth hostel, eleventh hour, at the eleventh hour, with, wither, withers, go with. Meaning: [wɪð'həʊld ,wɪθ-] v. 1. hold back; refuse to hand over or share 2. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments.
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1. The dam can withhold the pressure of the water.
2. The board has decided to withhold part of their grant money from certain students.
3. It was improper of the broker to withhold the information from the stock exchange.
4. It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.
5. We couldn't withhold our laughter.
6. The government is planning to withhold benefit payments from single mothers who refuse to name the father of their child.
7. You have the right to withhold your custom if you so wish.
8. I may withhold the truth at times, but I stop short of actually telling lies.
9. To withhold religious liberty was out of the question.
10. Why would Rohmer withhold that information from us.
11. Therefore, we must withhold further treatments.
12. We won't be able to withhold his name.
13. The new law allows you to withhold payment if you think a bill is incorrect.
14. His officials threatened to withhold future financial aid, or even to freeze existing programmes.
15. One should attempt to withhold all conventional hypotensive agents for as long as possible as they will tend to exacerbate the postural hypotension.
16. They can not withhold treatment as punishment for any reason.
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17. If a witness is allowed to withhold evidence, it impairs the legal process.
18. In all, Mr. Dear threatened to withhold the certificate of efficiency if matters did not improve.
19. Farmers might withhold some of their current corn harvest from the market, anticipating a higher corn price in the future.
20. Also, their power to grant or withhold benefits provides them with considerable leverage over clients.
21. People withhold their best efforts if they see little relationship between what they do and how they are rewarded.
22. The tactics of conflict may be as follows: One manager will withhold information from another.
23. We do not publish anonymous letters, although we may withhold a writer's identify if it is justified.
24. It is not at all unusual during wartime for leaders to withhold military information with the men in the grass.
25. An absolute prohibition against assignment is less popular than a qualified prohibition which requires a landlord not to withhold consent unreasonably.
26. Nearly all the collectable money is now in; only a small number of diehards continue to withhold cash.
27. As for the case of the welfare-tax protesters Dworkin implies that they have no right in the strong sense to withhold their tax.
28. Given the power of the managerial hierarchy to dispense or withhold rewards, open acts of defiance expose individuals to reprisal.
29. The more exemptions he claims, the less income tax you withhold from his paycheck.
30. We have modified the recently completed St Jude protocol to withhold systemic antimetabolites during radiotherapy.
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