hold over

Thân thiện

The committee decided to hold over the vote until next week.

Definition

Phrasal Verb: 1. To postpone or delay something: To arrange for an event, decision, or action to occur at a later time than originally planned. 2. To continue something beyond its expected or normal end: To extend the duration of a state, position, or agreement. 3. To keep or reserve something for future use: To retain something from an earlier time for use later. 4. To intimidate or control someone by using a threat: To have power over someone because you possess damaging information about them.

Usage and Examples

• Meaning 1 (To postpone):
  • The committee decided to hold over the final vote until their next meeting.
  • Let's hold this agenda item over; we don't have time to discuss it today.
• Meaning 2 (To continue):
  • The popular exhibition was held over for another month due to public demand.
  • The acting director will hold over until a permanent replacement is found.
• Meaning 3 (To keep for later):
  • The retailer held over last season's stock to sell at a discount later.
  • We can hold over these leftovers for tomorrow's lunch.
• Meaning 4 (To intimidate with a threat):
  • He knew about her past mistake and was holding it over her.
  • You can't hold that one error over me forever.

Advanced Usage and Notes

• Separability: This phrasal verb is separable. The object (especially a pronoun like , ) often comes between "hold" and "over" (e.g., , ).
• Noun Form ('holdover'): The noun "holdover" refers to a person or thing that remains from an earlier time.
  • The policy is a holdover from the previous administration.
  • Several senators are holdovers who were not up for re-election.

Variants and Related Words

• Holdover (n): Something or someone that continues from a previous period.
• Defer: To postpone.
• Extend: To cause to last longer.
• Carry over: To transfer or postpone to a later time.

Synonyms

• Postpone, delay, defer, put off (Meaning 1).
• Extend, prolong, continue (Meaning 2).
• Keep, retain, reserve, carry over (Meaning 3).
• Blackmail, threaten, have something on someone (Meaning 4).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To be held over: Often used in entertainment to indicate a show or film's run has been extended.
  • The blockbuster film was held over for three extra weeks.

Học thuật

Verb

1. hold back to a later time
   • let's postpone the exam
2. continue a term of office past the normal period of time
3. keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
4. hold over goods to be sold for the next season
5. intimidate somebody (with a threat)
   • She was holding it over him

Từ đồng nghĩa

• carry over