British Slang equivalent of taking an L
I hope you hold corn like I do
When you're dating someone, and think something is going to happen, but they make every possible excuse to lead you on.
Man, she's totally got you in a Huachuca Hold, go ahead and cross runway 26 and do a 180 at taxiway delta, Hold short on runway 26 for arriving ultralight, caution wake turbulence.
Emoji Hold is when someone is not answering to a question or responding to you with words. They only use emojis which do not answer the question.
Stop putting me on Emoji Hold!
The "Cholo Hold" is when someone puts one arm around your neck at the elbow and pulls you close and keeps it there.
He had me in the "Cholo Hold" all night, I was beginning to think I would never break free!
To present arms to the employees and/or owners of a value bearing establishment (train, bank) using the threat of violence as a deterent from heroism.
The was a hold-up in the bank, but the cops knew about it.
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Driving around in a small area (such as a parking lot). This is usually done because of lack of parking spaces or lack of desirable parking spaces. Often used while waiting to pick somebody up or for a parking space to become available.
Derived from: Aviation term. A repetitive route flown by an aircraft which keeps it in the same area. A holding pattern is used when an aircraft (commonly a commercial airliner) cannot land at an airport, often simply because there are no available runways. In this circumstance, the aircraft will enter a holding pattern while it awaits its turn to land.
It is believed that this term, used in the automotive context, was first used by Steve Packard, however, if anyone else has used this term previously to describe driving in cirles, feel free to post.
When I dropped Mike off to pick up the pizza, there were no good parking spaces, so I went into a holding pattern until he came out.
I didnโt want to double park while waiting for Sue to come out of the store, so I went into a holding pattern, driving around the block until I saw her emerge.
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stockings with a jelly type thing at the top so the stocking won't fall down, the tops of the hold up can be very lacy and decrotive
girl 1: aaaah my stocking keep slipping down
girl 2: try some hold ups!!!
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