Related Words for hold in

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check
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
conceal
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Adjective, Verb
confine
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Verb, Verb, Noun
contain
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Noun, Verb
control
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Verb, Noun, Verb
curb
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Verb, Noun, Verb
enclose
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Verb, Verb
hold
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Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
hold back
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
moderate
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Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep to oneself
//x/
Phrase, Verb
hold down
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Phrase, Verb
withhold
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Verb
lay hold of
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Phrase, Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
keep under
//x
Phrase, Verb
detain
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Verb
keep
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Verb
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
keep from
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Phrase, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
restrain
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Verb
keep back
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Phrase, Verb
stay
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Verb
hush up
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Phrase, Verb
refrain
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Noun
shut in
/x
Phrase, Verb
retain
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Verb
shut
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Verb
stifle
/x
Verb
impound
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Noun
keep out
//
Phrase, Verb
hold over
//x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
keep out of
///
Phrase, Verb
forbear
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Verb
cling to
/x
Phrase, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
bottle up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
halt
/
Noun
shut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
hole up
//
Phrase, Verb
abstain
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Verb
stall
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Noun
surround
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Verb
gate
/
Noun
spare
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Adjective
catch
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Noun
block off
//
Phrase, Verb
hold on
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Phrase, Verb
hang on
//
Phrase, Verb
choke back
//
Phrase, Verb
keep down
//
Phrase, Verb
tie up
//
Phrase, Verb
block
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Noun
prevent
x/
Verb
imprison
x/x
Verb
hide
/
Noun
bind
/
Noun
retract
x/
Verb
tighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
slow
/
Adjective
silence
/x
Noun
secret
/x
Noun
resist
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Verb
hush
/
Noun
shut away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lock up
/x
Phrase, Verb
shush
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Noun
keep off
//
Phrase, Verb
clamp down on
///
Phrase, Verb
take refuge
/x/
Phrase, Verb
arrest
x/
Noun
shut off
//
Phrase, Verb
limit
/x
Noun
stop
/
Noun
hibernate
/xx
Noun
lie low
//
Phrase, Verb
rein
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Noun
rein in
/x
Phrase, Verb
isolate
/xx
Verb
tuck away
/xx
Phrase, Verb
wait
/
Verb
internalize
x/xx
Verb
prison
/x
Noun
hold forth
//
Phrase, Verb
shut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
grip
/
Noun
put up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
endure
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Verb
pause
/
Noun
dwell
/
Verb
sink
/
Noun
clinch
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Noun
press
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Noun
get hold of
///
Phrase, Verb
shut down
//
Phrase, Verb
lodge
/
Noun
block out
//
Phrase, Verb
secrete
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Verb
fence in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hedge
/
Noun
exclude
x/
Verb
latch
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Noun
hinder
/x
Verb
last
/
Adjective
shelter
/x
Noun
help
/
Noun
rest
/
Noun
inter
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Adjective
hang
/
Verb
closet
/x
Noun
close down
/x
Phrase, Verb
abide
x/
Verb
bear down
//
Phrase, Verb
overwinter
xx/x
Verb
persist
x/
Verb
support
x/
Noun
seal
/
Noun
hove
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Name
occlude
x/
Verb
clamp
/
Noun
put aside
/x/
Phrase, Verb
withstand
x/
Verb
silo
/x
Noun
curtail
x/
Verb
cordon off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sit still
//
Phrase, Verb
tine
/
Noun
intrude
x/
Verb
defend
x/
Verb
tuck
/
Noun
hold it
//
Phrase, Verb
hovel
/x
Noun
lock
/
Noun
bury
/x
Noun
coop
/
Noun
carry out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
retard
x/
Verb
seal off
//
Phrase, Verb
suspend
x/
Verb
abeyance
x/x
Noun
absorb
x/
Verb
accommodate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
achieve
x/
Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
acquit
x/
Verb
add
/
Verb, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
agree
x/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appreciation
xxx/x
Noun
are
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
arm
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assert
x/
Verb, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
attach
x/
Verb
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
await
x/
Verb, Noun
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
bate
/
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
behave
x/
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
bilge
/
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
brace
/
Noun, Verb
bracket
/x
Noun, Verb
brave
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
brig
/
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
broomstick
/x
Noun, Verb
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
buoy
/x
Noun, Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
celebration
xx/x
Noun
certify
/xx
Verb
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
chock
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clasp
/
Noun, Verb
clench
/
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clutch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
commence
x/
Verb
compel
x/
Verb
complicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
comply
x/
Verb
comport
x/
Verb, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
conquer
/x
Verb
conserve
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Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
consolation
xx/x
Noun
contend
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
convene
x/
Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
counting
/x
Noun
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crop
/
Noun, Verb
custody
/xx
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decade
x/
Noun
declare
x/
Verb
dedicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
deduct
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Verb
deduction
x/x
Noun
deem
/
Verb, Noun
defy
x/
Verb, Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
deport
x/
Verb
detention
x/x
Noun
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
discuss
x/
Verb
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
dock
/
Noun, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
embrace
x/
Verb, Noun
encircle
x/x
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
entry
/x
Noun
environ
x/x
Name, Adverb, Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
extension
x/x
Noun
fasten
/x
Verb
fetter
/x
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fix
/
Verb, Noun
fold
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb
foothold
/x
Noun
forfeitures
/xx
Noun
formalize
/xx
Verb
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
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Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
grab
/
Verb, Noun
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
guard
/
Noun, Verb
haft
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
hatch
/
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
have got
//
Phrase, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hilt
/
Noun, Verb
hire
/x
Verb, Noun
holder
/x
Noun