Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.
hold on onto sth — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on to/onto sth — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on onto sb/sth — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on to/onto sb/sth — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on to sb/sth — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on to sth — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on onto sb — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on to/onto sb — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
hold on to sb — UK US hold on to/onto sth/sb Phrasal Verb with hold({{}}/həʊld/ verb (held, held) ► [T] to keep something or someone that is important or useful: »I held onto the tech shares after the stock market fell because I knew they would recover. »You… … Financial and business terms
pull — 1 /pUl/ verb 1 MOVE STH TOWARDS YOU (I, T) to use your hands to make something move towards you or in the direction that you are moving: Help me move the piano; you push and I ll pull. | pull sth: I pulled the handle and it just snapped off! |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
