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Definition

(Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period.

To save, delay.

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In Context

  • "These crisps should hold me over until supper."
  • "We will have to hold over these files until tomorrow."
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Also Said As

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See Also

  • hold over one's head
  • stopgap
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Related Idioms

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