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单词 to hold hard
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to hold hard
to hold hard
intransitive (originally a sporting phrase): To pull hard at the reins in order to stop the horse; hence gen. to ‘pull up’, halt, stop. Usually in imperative (colloquial)
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > stop short in some activity > as if checked
to take check1663
to hold hard1761
to pull up1808
1761 G. Colman Jealous Wife v. iii. 96 Hold hard! hold hard! You are all on a wrong Scent.
1829 Sporting Mag. 23 280 But I must ‘hold hard’ here, as we say in the field.
1854 J. G. Wood Sketches Animal Life (1855) 407 The ‘Hold hard’ of the conductor being sufficient to bring them [horses] to a stop.
1862 Temple Bar 6 310 Hold hard, shipmates.
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