Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Hold"

A: hold up - stop
hold up - to call attention to ___
hold up - to rob at a gunpoint
hold up - holding something up. (For example you want to show your mother something, but she is on the second floor and you are on the first floor, therefore she can't see it properly, so she asks you to hold it up.)

A: It means "wait a second", which can be both literally "wait for a moment," and "that's surprising!" It's a bit hard to explain, so I'll give some examples of when you would use it.

For the "wait for a moment" meaning:
"You walk so fast! Hold on, I need to catch up!"
"Hold on, I have to go use the toilet." (If you're hanging out with someone and have to use the restroom, for example.)
"Hold on while I look that up." (If you need to look up something someone said to you, for example.)
"Hold on while I reconnect." (If you got disconnected from an online video game.)

For the "that's surprising" meaning:
Person A: "I had to get dog food yesterday."
Person B:"Hold on, didn't you say you had a cat?"

Person A: "Last year I went to Italy."
Person B: "Hold on, really? Can you tell me more about that?"

Person A: "I was in the news the other day."
Person B: "Hold on, that was you??"

Instead of hold on, you can also say "wait," "wait a second," "wait a minute," or "hold up." All sound perfectly natural, including "hold on."

The literal definition of "hold on" is to grab onto something and not let go. All of these meanings are used commonly in English!

A: “Hold them up” (持ち上げる) と同じ意味です.

For example, “Hold the diamonds in the air so everyone can see them.”

—- is the same as;

“Hold the diamonds up so everyone can see them.”

A: it's like "hold on".

"hold your horses!"

A:

“How are you doing?” or “How’s it going?” or “What’s up?”

It could also mean “Hello” depending on the context.

A: How long are you going to let them hold you accountable for their mistakes?

People need to be held accountable for their own bad behavior.

Don't hold me accountable for that.

I'm not going to be held accountable for this.

A: Because of his alcoholism, he can't seem to hold down a job.
Holding down a job requires discipline and dedication.
When he became a father, he realised he needed to try to hold down a job for the sake of his family.

A: Please hold my beer.
Could you hold my beer?
Hold my beer, I need to teach this guy a lesson.

A: Holding back means to resist from doing something, or preventing something from happening.
1) He tried to punch the man, but I kept holding him back.

2) I wanted to cry, but I held back my tears.

3) I don't win in games because my team holds me back.

A: "He held out his hand" means he moved his hand away from his body.

"She held out for a better job" means she waited for something better.

A: Hold up — someone asking for someone to wait for for them, usually when they’re walking ahead of them. Used also casually as slang if someone says something in conversation and you want them to stop on that topic because it’s surprising (in a “gossip way”).

Hold on / Hang on — someone asking for someone to wait for them as they go find something or do something. Used in conversation when someone is going to fast and you’re trying to for example write something down (especially hold on), or when you’re talking to someone and they’re speaking fast or saying a lot and you need them to slow down to follow along.

A: Hold on is a more general phrase.

“Hold on to the money I gave you.”

Hold up is either used as slang. To mean “hold up” as in “wait”, or to explain direction. Like....

“Hold up the money I gave you.”

Using hold up in the sentence for hold on is not natural. “Hold up to the money I gave you.” Is weird due to two prepositions that do not go together after “hold”. But, “on” is a preposition that can combine with other prepositions. Like..

“On to”
“On from”
“On with”
Etc...

You can say “hold the money up to me.” This puts both prepositions away from the verb. Since this is no longer a verb phrase. The two can go together.

A: Reach out means going to grab something. I reached my hand out to grab the doorknob.


Hold out means leaving them for someone else to grab. I held out my hand for him to shake.

In everyday use, they are generally interchangeable though.

Hopefully that makes sense!

A: You can ask someone to wait for you when you just say' "Hold on"

It's like saying 'keep'

Hold on to those books because you may need them for your next class.

'hold off' means to delay doing something.

Hold off on ordering a gift for her because we don't know if she's coming.

A: "Hold on" means to ask someone to wait for a bit, e.g. "Please hold on for a minute, I'll check the event date for you."

"Hang on" can also mean the same, but usually in a more casual setting, e.g. with friends or family, such as "Hang on for a bit, I need to go to the restroom." or "Hang on! I'm almost there!"

"Wait up" is usually used when catching up to someone, and is usually used in a casual tone. For example, if your friends are already walking away but you stopped to tie your shoelace, you would say "Wait up!" as you move towards them.

A: we don't use "mug" with stores. "hold up" means "rob". but we don't say "she held up chocolates". You could say "She held up the store." That means she robbed the store, but doesn't say what she took.

A: Just like that! “It’s not that I’m holding back, It’s just that ____”

A: jock -> jock strap https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%97

もちろん、だれも他の人のジョックストラプを持ちたくないですね。

そして「can't hold my jock」や過去形の「couldn't hold my jock」の意味は「ジョックストラップを持つほどの値打ちでもない」です。

So basically, in that example he is saying they sucked/they were totally worthless.

A: Do you mean the pronunciation?

A: You can use it in a conversation.

A: × when it's crowded, hold your rucksack in front of you or in your hands.
✓ When it's crowded, wear your backpack in front of you or hold it in your hands.

"rucksack" is German, not English. English speakers do not understand that word.

A: the second one

A: In literal sense, hold the keys is to hold onto the object(keys). When used in a phrase, it can be interpreted as holding the keys to (something). E.g. holding the keys to your well-being --> your are IN CHARGE of your own well being. Holding the keys to your future --> your are IN CHARGE of your future. Holding the keys in a phrase can be interpreted as in charge. (I.e. the person with the keys is usually the person in charge of that thing)

A: You need to add a ‘the’ before camcorder

A: With more of an aussie accent I suppose, I’m from Australia