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onhold

Definitions

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  • verb transitive, rare To hold on (to).
  • verb intransitive, rare To hold on.

Etymologies

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From Middle English anhealden ("to retain"), from Old English onhealdan ("to hold, keep"), equivalent to on- +‎ hold. Cognate with Dutch aanhouden ("to persist, continue, retain") and onthouden ("to withhold, retain"), German anhalten ("to stop, last, persist") and enthalten ("to contain, include").

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Examples

  • Wether you believe in the war or not, these men and women are putting there lives onhold to do there job and protect the US.

    What Would Linus Do? | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • Right now though it is onhold as I am working on a historical novel on the French and Indian War.

    BITING OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW • by Brian Laing 2007

  • Wether you believe in the war or not, these men and women are putting there lives onhold to do there job and protect the US.

    What Would Linus Do? 2008

  • Record last modified: 2002-04-12 13:17:30 UTC by CORE-45 Record created: 2000-03-29 21:31:34 UTC by CORE-45 Record expires: 2003-03-29 15:33:37 UTC Domain servers in listed order: onhold.hostcentric.net Who the hell is Host Centric?

    Why my e-mail and site are down... drewan 2002

  • This is a great way to find domains that are available, onhold, in redemption, or pending delete, that are targetted towards your industry or certain products that you are selling.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks anarchyandy 2010

  • Responding to another issue raised by Badal for inordinate delay in the environmental clearances which had put investments worth Rs. 2560 crore onhold especially in Ludhiana, Ramesh assured the Chief Minister that Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

    PunjabNewsline News 2010

  • This is a great way to find domains that are available, onhold, in redemption, or pending delete, that are targetted towards your industry or certain products that you are selling.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks anarchyandy 2010

  • Responding to another issue raised by Badal for inordinate delay in the environmental clearances which had put investments worth Rs. 2560 crore onhold especially in Ludhiana, Ramesh assured the Chief Minister that Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

    PunjabNewsline News 2010

  • This is a great way to find domains that are available, onhold, in redemption, or pending delete, that are targetted towards your industry or certain products that you are selling.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks anarchyandy 2010

  • This is a great way to find domains that are available, onhold, in redemption, or pending delete, that are targetted towards your industry or certain products that you are selling.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks anarchyandy 2010

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