Akademik

hold in
verb
1. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits (Freq. 1)
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moderate your alcohol intake

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hold your tongue

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hold your temper

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control your anger

• Syn: ↑control, ↑hold, ↑contain, ↑check, ↑curb, ↑moderate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑moderation (for: ↑moderate), ↑curb (for: ↑curb), ↑check (for: ↑check), ↑control (for: ↑control)
• Hypernyms: ↑restrain, ↑keep, ↑keep back, ↑hold back
• Hyponyms:
↑restrict, ↑restrain, ↑trammel, ↑limit, ↑bound, ↑confine, ↑throttle, ↑suppress, ↑stamp down, ↑inhibit, ↑subdue, ↑conquer, ↑curb, ↑damp, ↑mortify, ↑crucify, ↑deny, ↑abnegate, ↑train, ↑catch, ↑bate, ↑thermostat, ↑countercheck, ↑counteract
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. close in (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑enclose, ↑confine
• Derivationally related forms: ↑confinement (for: ↑confine), ↑enclosure (for: ↑enclose)
• Hypernyms: ↑hold, ↑bear, ↑carry, ↑contain
• Hyponyms:
↑bound, ↑border, ↑embank, ↑rail, ↑rail in, ↑box in, ↑box up, ↑frame
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something

3. hold back; keep from being perceived by others
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She conceals her anger well

• Syn: ↑conceal, ↑hold back
• Derivationally related forms: ↑concealment (for: ↑conceal), ↑concealing (for: ↑conceal)
• Hyponyms: ↑occult
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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hold in [phrasal verb]
hold (something) in or hold in (something) : to stop (an emotion) from being expressed

Don't hold your feelings in. Let them out.

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Main Entry: ↑hold

Useful english dictionary. 2012.