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A grasp or grip.
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Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
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An act or instance of holding.
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Can I have a hold of the baby?
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A place where animals are held for safety
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An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
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Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
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Something reserved or kept.
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We have a hold here for you.
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Power over someone or something.
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The ability to persist.
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The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
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A position or grip used to control the opponent.
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He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
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(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
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The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
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The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
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The wager amount, the total hold.
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As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
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An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
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The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
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A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
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A pause facility.
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The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
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A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
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A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.