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Onhold vs Holdup - What's the difference?

onhold | holdup |

As a verb onhold

is (rare) to hold on (to).

As a noun holdup is

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onhold

English

Verb

  • (rare) To hold on (to).
  • *1882 , Keningale Robert Cook, The king of Kent :
    • She leaped and trembled; still onheld his gripe, And gnawed her waning life.
  • *2008 , An Apple A day:
    • Because of economic downturn, I onhold my dream first and use my lovely office's notebook IBM Thinkpad T60P as my best friend.
  • (rare) To hold on.
  • *1919 , Middlesbrough (England). Education Committee, Proceedings :
    • Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Secondary Committee onheld 8 July, 1918, be and they are hereby confirmed.

    Derived terms

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    holdup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

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