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hold over

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    hold somethingover

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  1. 1to not deal with something immediately; to leave something to be dealt with later synonym postpone The matter was held over until the next meeting.
  2. 2to show a film/movie, play, etc. for longer than planned The movie proved so popular it was held over for another week.

hold something over somebody

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to use knowledge that you have about somebody to threaten them or make them do what you want
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