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