hold over

reporter, différer

Garder quelque chose pour plus tard au lieu de s’en occuper maintenant.

En anglais simple : To keep something for later instead of dealing with it now.

• We will hold this over.
• They held the report over until the next meeting.
• Can we hold over discussion of the budget?

Comment l'utiliser : hold something over until something (We held the decision over until Monday.)

Synonymes : postpone, defer

Expressions courantes : hold over something, hold over discussion

dépanner

Fournir assez de nourriture, d’argent ou de soutien à quelqu’un pour tenir jusqu’à ce qu’il en obtienne davantage.

En anglais simple : To give someone enough food, money, or support until they can get more.

• A banana will hold me over.
• That small loan held her over until payday.
• Will these sandwiches hold everyone over until dinner?

Comment l'utiliser : hold someone over until something (This snack will hold us over until lunch.)

Synonymes : tide over

Expressions courantes : hold someone over, hold me over

faire chanter avec

Utiliser quelque chose qui pourrait nuire à quelqu’un pour le menacer ou le contrôler.

En anglais simple : To use something damaging about someone to threaten or control them.

• He holds my secret over me.
• She held the old accusation over his head.
• What information do they hold over you?

Comment l'utiliser : hold something over someone (She held his secret over him.); hold something over someone’s head (He held that mistake over her head for years.)

Synonymes : blackmail, threaten

Expressions courantes : hold something over, hold evidence over

rester après expiration

Rester dans un poste ou continuer à occuper un bien après la fin de la période convenue.

En anglais simple : To stay in a job or property after the agreed period has ended.

• The tenant held over.
• Two committee members held over until replacements were appointed.
• Can an officer hold over after her term ends?

Comment l'utiliser : hold over after something (The tenant held over after the lease expired.)

Synonymes : remain, stay on

Expressions courantes : hold over temporarily, hold over unlawfully