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Noun hold-over has 2 senses
- holdover, hangover - an official who remains in office after his term
--1 is a kind of official, functionary
- hangover, holdover - something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century"
--2 is a kind of survival
Verb hold-over has 5 senses
- hold over - intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"
--1 is one way to intimidate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- carry over, hold over - hold over goods to be sold for the next season
--2 is one way to keep, hold on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hold over - keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
--3 is one way to keep, maintain, hold
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hold over - continue a term of office past the normal period of time
--4 is one way to stay, stay on, continue, remain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
--5 is one way to delay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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