hold the wire
hold the wire
To remain on the telephone line until someone is available. Please hold the wire while I see if Mrs. Smith is available.
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As part of the work we're replacing wires, fittings and steelwork that hold the wire in place.
The transfer wire are mentioning that the wires are payments for oil equipment or Ee"electric equipmentEe".EeSources who hold the wire documentation are saying that a huge deposit into a bank account, with no clear indication of where that money came from, is a red flag for many European authorities and beyond.Ee
Students put on their glasses and start tracing their drawings with 20-gauge aluminum wire, using masking tape to temporarily hold the wire in place as they proceed.
It has sensors to detect an intruder as he/ she tries to hold the wire, and sends an alarm to PIDS control room.
* The trainee, supervisor or assistant must hold the wire at all times.
Use light wire to wrap around the necks of the bottles - this only works if there is a rim to hold the wire below it, then attach the other end of the wire to the loop frame.
I'm stuck." He'd rescue me from the old fence's snare and hold the wire high enough for us to climb through ...
Sometimes the staples that hold the wire to the wall pinch the wire, causing a short.
Hold the wire with pliers, and pass it through the flame from the lighter.
They are looking at the teeth that hold the wire coils within an electric motor.
Hold the wire frame in one hand, place the flowers in the centre of the ring and down into your hand, remembering to do each flower in turn.
I find it best to have dry hands when making a haywire, otherwise it gets too hard to hold the wire firmly.
Damon braces use a slide mechanism to hold the wire, which allows teeth to move more freely, quickly and comfortably.
The posts with raised bumps are designed to be used with heavy wire clips that hold the wire tight against the flat face of the posts.
Currently, most wire harness applications use tape to hold the wire harness to the fastener, resulting in increased labor costs and multiple part numbers.
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- Hold the Line (Toto song)
- Hold the Line (Toto song)
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- hold the line at (someone or something)
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