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RELATED WORDS : all over arch over ask over ball over bend over backwards bind over blow over boil over boiling over bowl over brick over bridge over brim over brood over bubble over cant over cargo hold carry over change over check over chew over choke hold cloud over come over crossing over deed over do over double over drool over fall all over fall over fall over backwards film over flip over fork over frost over get hold get hold of get it over get over give over give the once over glance over glass over glaze over gloat over gloss over go back over go over go over big grass over grow over half seas over hand over hand over fist handing over hang over hash over haze over head over heels head over heels in heels over head hold hold back hold by hold cheap hold close hold dear hold down hold everything hold fast hold firm hold forth hold good hold in hold in contempt hold off hold office hold on hold one's own hold open hold out hold out on hold still for hold sway hold the line hold tight hold together hold true hold up hold water hold with hold your horses hunch over ice over keel over knock over lay over left over linger over live over look out over look over lord it over maiden over make over mist over mound over mounded over move over mull over over over again over and above over and over over and over again over here over the counter security over the counter stock over the sea paper over pass over pick over plank over plaster over pore over poring over print over pull over pull the wool over someone's eyes put one over put over put something over puzzle over queen it over rejoicing over the law ride roughshod over roll over run over scissor hold scissors hold sign over skate over skim over skimp over skin over skip over sleek over sleep over slobber over slur over smooth over spill over spread over stand over stay over stop over strangle hold sweep over swing over switch over take hold take hold of take over taken over taking hold taking over talk over think over throw over tick over tide over tip over toe hold tump over turn over turn over a new leaf voice over walk over warmed over watch over well over win over work over wrestling hold

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hold over has 5 senses

• hold over(v = verb.emotion) Array - intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"
is one way to intimidate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• hold over(v = verb.possession) carry over - hold over goods to be sold for the next season; Array
is one way to hold on, keep
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• hold over(v = verb.stative) Array - keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time; Array
is one way to hold, keep, maintain
Derived form noun holdover₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• hold over(v = verb.stative) Array - continue a term of office past the normal period of time; Array
is one way to continue, remain, stay, stay on
Derived form noun holdover₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• hold over(v = verb.stative) defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
is one way to delay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

THESAURUS

hold over

adjourn, continue, defer, delay, drag out, extend, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold up, lay aside, lay by, lay over, pigeonhole, postpone, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sleep on, stand over, stave off, stay, stretch out, suspend, table, take a recess, waive

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