| 单词 | hold something over |
| 释义 | hold something over1Postpone something: the usual family gathering was held over until late January...
Synonyms postpone, put off, put back, delay, defer, adjourn, suspend, shelve, hold in abeyance; North American put over, table, take a rain check on informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage, mothball rare remit, respite 2Use a piece of information to threaten or intimidate (someone).These are offensive weapons for the purpose of inflicting death on a massive scale, developed so that he can hold the threat over the head of anyone he chooses, in his own region or beyond....
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