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361 PHRASAL VERBS
 hold sth against sb (tr)

 blame; [suçlamak]

She doesn’t hold it against him that he betrayed her.

 hold on

 (intr) wait, pause; [ beklemek]

Hold on one moment, please.
If you hold on a minute, I will phone him.

 survive in a difficult or dangerous situation, hang on; [ (zor bir durumdan) kurtulmak]

Nobody held on in that terrible accident.
We managed to hold on until help arrived.

 (tr) keep or put one’s hand round sth; [ tutmak, yapışmak, bırakmamak]

I can save you if you hold this rope on.

 hold out (intr)

 persist in spite of, endure hardship; [dayanmak, direnmek]

We had to withdraw when we understood that we couldn’t hold out forever.
I had hardly any food, but I could hold out till the end of the journey.

 offer (a chance, hope, opportunity); [ teklif etmek (şans, fırsat, ümit)]

I got shocked when I heard that the doctor held out little hope for her recovering.

 hold out on sb (tr)

 refuse to give information, etc to sb; [ birinden bir şeyi gizlemek]

They held out on the police. They said that they didn’t know where their friend were.

 hold up (tr)

 delay; [ geciktirmek]

There were a few mishaps that held me up.
We were held up due to icy roads.
His usual pretext is ‘I am sorry –I was held in the traffic’.