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List of antonyms from "hold in custody" to antonyms from "holding to"


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Definition of the day : « hold up »

  • verb postpone
  • verb rob
Example sentences :
  • Vittel, Bains, Bussang—all in the Vosges—yet it continues to hold up its head.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • My mother, when I was a girl, always bid me hold up my head.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • It appeared to him amazing that he could hold up his head at all, poor creature.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • We must hold up our heads and fight low, as my brother Solomon used to say.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • When any one praises us, we hold up our heads and believe him.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Anxiously he watched his revs and prayed for his motor to hold up.
  • Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
  • Standing behind me, jerking at the noose, he commanded me to hold up my hands.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Hold up your head and show 'em you don't care for the whole caboodle of 'em.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "You should hold up your hand if you wish permission to speak," was the stern reply.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Hold up your head, turn out your toes, clear your voices, and begin.
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh