1. The police tried to hold back the crowd.
2. Don't hold it against him that he has different
political views
3. Petroleun dealers promised to hold down prices
for as long as they could
4. The soldiers managed to hold off the rebel attack
on their detachment,
5. I'm very thirsty but I'll hold out until I get home
6. The hostage hold on to the hope of an early release.
7. Don't try to get out of this agrooment because we
will hold you to it.
8. We will hold our decision over till after the contest.
9. There was a daring hold up of a bunk adjacent a
police station yesterday.
10. Nothing must hold up the delivery of goods to the
flood victims

a. fend off or keep at a
distance
b. keep at a low level
c. control or restrain
d. allow something to
infhuance one's
judgment
e. cling
f.commit armed robbery
g. enduro
h. delay
i. make somebody keep
a promise
j. postpone or defer​