hold2 [hóuld] samostalnik
prijem, opora; moč, vpliv (on, over, of)
ameriško ustavitev, zadrževanje
arhaično utrdba
to afford no hold ne nuditi opore
to catch (ali get, lay, seize, take) hold of s.th. prijeti kaj, dobiti
to get hold of s.o. ujeti koga, zalotiti koga
to get hold of o.s. dobiti se v oblast, obvladati se
to get a hold on s.o. dobiti koga v oblast
to have a (firm) hold on s.o. imeti koga v oblasti
to keep hold of čvrsto držati, ne izpustiti iz rok
to miss one's hold zgrešiti, napak prijeti
in politics no holds are barred v politiki je vse dovoljeno
to quit (ali let go) one's hold of izpustiti kaj iz rok
ameriško to put a hold on s.th. zaustaviti kaj, zadržati kaj
to take hold of one's fancy zbuditi domišljijo