单词 | to leave hold |
释义 | > as lemmasto leave hold a. colloquial. to leave hold: to stop holding a thing or person, to let go.Cf. later to leave go at Phrases 3b, to leave loose at Phrases 3c. extracted from leavev.1 (a) With of indicating the notional object, or without construction. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > part with or let go twinc1330 forbeara1400 twina1400 to depart withc1485 omit1531 to depart from1548 to leave hold1556 sunderc1600 impart1606 ungrasp1621 disfingera1652 shed1667 to leave go1776 unclutch1816 part1818 dispart with1820 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] beleavea1250 leta1325 to let goc1384 to leave hold1556 to turn loose?1566 quita1586 unhand1603 relinquish1651 unseize1663 unfist1692 to leave go1776 unclasp1868 to loose hold1875 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie l. sig. Aav4v Such flies: as sat fast before,Must leaue hold: to take hold, on contrarie shore. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vii. sig. S5v They willingly left holde of the boord, committing themselues to the seas rage. 1634 R. Sibbes Saints Safetie in Evill Times 100 I will not leave hold of thee, untill I get a blessing. 1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 363/1 Nothing can make him leave hold of the female. 1795 J. J. C. Timaeus tr. F. Schiller Cabal & Love ii. vii. 45 (stage direct.) Leaving hold of Louisa, and putting up his sword. 1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 i. 99 The operator then leaves hold of the spoke. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 56/1 They'll fight on till they go down together, and then if one [dog] leave hold, he's sponged. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 285 Each boy leaves hold of his partner's arm and catches the arm of the girl in front. 1932 Labour Monthly Mar. 140 Let us leave hold of Asia, and seize hold of Africa. 2013 C. Priestley Dead Men Stood Together 4 He asks again, his voice more pleading now, for the old man to leave hold. ΚΠ 1660 R. May Accomplisht Cook iv. 127 Leave hold enough of the flesh on both sides, that you may put in your hand between the ribs and the skin. < as lemmas |
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