- hold with
- phrasal to agree with or approve of
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hold with
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hold with — ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child … New idioms dictionary
hold with — index concur (agree), countenance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hold with — [verb] approve of, agree to or with, be in favour of, countenance, subscribe to, support * * * APPROVE OF, agree with, be in favour of, endorse, accept, countenance, support, subscribe to, give one s blessing to, take kindly to; informal stand… … Useful english dictionary
hold with — phrasal verb Word forms hold with : present tense I/you/we/they hold with he/she/it holds with present participle holding with past tense held with past participle held with mainly spoken not hold with something to not approve of an activity or… … English dictionary
hold with — PHRASAL VERB: with brd neg If you do not hold with an activity or action, you do not approve of it. [V P n] I don t hold with the way they do things nowadays … English dictionary
hold with doing something — hold with ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child … New idioms dictionary
hold with something — hold with ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child … New idioms dictionary
hold with something — ˈhold with sth derived no passive (used in negative sentences or in questions) to agree with sth Syn: approve of • I don t hold with the use of force. • hold with something doing sth … Useful english dictionary
hold with with negative — informal approve of. → hold … English new terms dictionary
hold with the hare and run with the hounds — To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (qv below) • • • Main Entry: ↑hare … Useful english dictionary
hold with the hare and run with the hounds — verb a) To oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite. Well, if you ask me, Pastor Hawkins is trying to hold with the hare and run with the hounds by opposing casino gambling when his church… … Wiktionary
