hold in
phrasal verb
held in; holding in; holds in
: to stop (an emotion) from being expressed
Don't hold your feelings in. Let them out.
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He has been charged with multiple counts of theft, and is being held in the Lake County Jail.
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Todd Feurer, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Last month, the 73-year old Lee was also honored as an inductee to the Asian Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Los Angeles, alongside basketball legend Yao Ming; Korean astronaut Yi Soyeon; Olympian and US Ambassador to Belize, Michelle Kwan, among others.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
While Brussels stopped short of enacting a controversial proposal to divert billions in frozen Russian assets held in Europe to Ukraine, the loan quite literally gives the Ukrainians time – and ammunition – as the war launched by Putin in February 2022 approaches the four-year mark.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Nick Reiner is being held in a downtown jail and has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 19 Dec. 2025
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Todd Feurer, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Last month, the 73-year old Lee was also honored as an inductee to the Asian Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Los Angeles, alongside basketball legend Yao Ming; Korean astronaut Yi Soyeon; Olympian and US Ambassador to Belize, Michelle Kwan, among others.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
While Brussels stopped short of enacting a controversial proposal to divert billions in frozen Russian assets held in Europe to Ukraine, the loan quite literally gives the Ukrainians time – and ammunition – as the war launched by Putin in February 2022 approaches the four-year mark.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Nick Reiner is being held in a downtown jail and has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Hold in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20in. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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