"hold space" meaning in All languages combined

See hold space on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: holds space [present, singular, third-person], holding space [participle, present], held space [participle, past], held space [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|holds space|holding space|held space}} hold space (third-person singular simple present holds space, present participle holding space, simple past and past participle held space)
  1. To give somebody one's full attention and support them emotionally without judging them.
    Sense id: en-hold_space-en-verb-uoWBrvhv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hold space meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

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