hold out onsomeone
phrasal verbwithholdverbuk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/held|held
informal
torefuseto givehelporinformationto someone:
Don'tholdout on me - I need toknowwho did it.
mainlyUSinformal
torefuseto givemoneyto someone
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- preventive
- scuttle