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hold to

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hold someone to something
Fig. to make someone adhere to an agreement. You promised me that you would buy six of them, and I'm going to hold you to your promise. It was difficult, but he held himself to the terms of the contract.
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hold somebody to something
to make someone act on a promise or agreement They're holding him to the exact terms of the contract.
See also: hold


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The first, closeness, reservation, and secrecy; when a man leaveth himself without observation, or without hold to be taken, what he is.
I have, however, decided to include Ou-Yang Hsiu of the Sung dynasty, if only for the sake of his "Autumn", which many competent critics hold to be one of the finest things in Chinese literature.
Placing the Ancient Mariner in a nook of safety, and setting Big John to unlashing the remaining boat and hooking on the falls, he sent Kwaque into the hold to fill kegs of water from the scant remnant of supply, and Ah Moy to clear out the food in the galley.
 
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