Search Result:hold over
Overview of noun hold_over
The noun holdover has 2 senses
- holdover, hangover -- (an official who remains in office after his term)
- hangover, holdover -- (something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century")
Overview of verb hold_over
The verb hold over has 5 senses
- hold over -- (intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him")
- carry over, hold over -- (hold over goods to be sold for the next season)
- hold over -- (keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time)
- hold over -- (continue a term of office past the normal period of time)
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off -- (hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam")