hold+a+conversation

  • 11hold one's end up — or[hold up one s end] or[keep one s end up] or[keep up one s end] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do your share of work; do your part. * /Mary washed the dishes so fast that Ann, who was drying them, couldn t keep her end up./ * /Susan kept up her end… …

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  • 12hold\ one's\ end\ up — • hold up one s end • keep one s end up • keep up one s end v. phr. informal To do your share of work; do your part. Mary washed the dishes so fast that Ann, who was drying them, couldn t keep her end up. Susan kept up her end of the conversation …

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  • 13conversation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, short ▪ lengthy, long ▪ We engaged in a long conversation. ▪ endless, pointless …

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  • 14Hold Conversation — Infobox Album Name = Hold Conversation Type = EP Artist = The Getaway Plan Released = March 13th, 2006 Recorded = January/February 2006 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 26:13 Label = Boomtown Records Producer = Phil McKellar Last album = The… …

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  • 15hold — 1. v. & n. v. (past and past part. held) 1 tr. a keep fast; grasp (esp. in the hands or arms). b (also refl.) keep or sustain (a thing, oneself, one s head, etc.) in a particular position (hold it to the light; held himself erect). c grasp so as… …

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  • 16hold — hold1 verb (past and past participle held) 1》 grasp, carry, or support. 2》 keep in a specified position: I held the door open for him.     ↘remain secure or intact: the boat s anchor would not hold. 3》 keep or detain.     ↘have in one s… …

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  • 17hold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act/way of holding sth ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, tight ▪ He still had me in a tight hold. VERB + HOLD ▪ catch, get, grab …

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  • 18hold court — phrasal : to act with marked and courtly sociableness held court whenever he was in public nodding and bowing to all his friends and acquaintances * * * hold court To preside over admiring followers, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑court * * * hold court… …

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  • 19hold that thought — verb To pause in a conversation for an interruption. .... and then .... / John, hold that thought. I need to take this call …

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  • 20hold forth — Synonyms and related words: debate, declaim, demagogue, discourse, elocute, explain, exposit, expound, extend, harangue, hold out, lecture, monologize, monopolize the conversation, moralize, mouth, offer, orate, out herod Herod, perorate, point a …

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