hold+in+check
81check, curb, restrain, constrain — These words refer to putting some control on action, movement, development, or progress, but they differ in minor ways. Check means to arrest suddenly, to halt : The rider checked his horse and leaped from the saddle. Curb implies the use of a… …
82hold up — verb a) To wait or delay. What is holding up traffic? b) To support or lift. Hold up a minute. I want to check something. See Also: hang up …
83hold down — verb a) To restrain; to check. Please hold the noise down. b) To continue, to hold and to manage well. You hold him down while I search him …
84hold back — 1) if you feel like singing, don t hold back Syn: hesitate, pause, stop oneself, restrain oneself, desist, forbear 2) Jane held back her tears Syn: suppress, fight back, choke back, stifle, smother, s …
85check something in — have one s baggage weighed and put aside for consignment to the hold of an aircraft on which one is booked to travel ■ register and leave baggage in a left luggage department * * * ˌcheck sthˈin derived to leave bags or cases with an official to… …
86hold up — 1) lift, raise The students hold up their hands when they have a question. 2) support, carry The main beams in the house are holding up the total weight of the house. 3) check, stop, delay The traffic was held up for over three hours at the… …
87hold — I. v. a. 1. Grasp, clutch, clinch, gripe or grip. 2. Possess, retain, have, occupy, keep possession of. 3. Restrain, confine, detain, imprison, shut in, shut up, hem in. 4. Bind, fasten, unite, connect. 5. Stop, stay, arrest, suspend, withhold,… …
88hold something over — POSTPONE, put off, put back, delay, defer, suspend, shelve, hold in abeyance; N. Amer. put over, table, take a rain check on; informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage, mothball. → hold …
89check something in — have one s baggage weighed and consigned to the hold of an aircraft. → check …
90hold in — phr verb Hold in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑affection, ↑arm, ↑awe, ↑check, ↑contempt, ↑detention, ↑embrace, ↑file, ↑moisture, ↑regard, ↑reserve, ↑ …
