"hold it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: holds it [present, singular, third-person], holding it [participle, present], held it [participle, past], held it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> it}} hold it (third-person singular simple present holds it, present participle holding it, simple past and past participle held it)
  1. (imperative) Wait a minute; stop. Tags: imperative Synonyms: stop, hang on, hold up
    Sense id: en-hold_it-en-verb-ucdsSD19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English imperative sentences, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 8 7 Disambiguation of English imperative sentences: 51 26 23 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 58 24 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 10 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 7 6
  2. To wait to urinate or defecate despite present urgency. Hyponyms: hold one's water, hold one's piss, hold it in
    Sense id: en-hold_it-en-verb-hy1CHZyd
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, it. Related terms: hold it in
    Sense id: en-hold_it-en-verb-M6QjlVHr

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> it"
      },
      "expansion": "hold it (third-person singular simple present holds it, present participle holding it, simple past and past participle held it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 8 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 26 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English imperative sentences",
          "parents": [
            "Imperative sentences",
            "Sentences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 24 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 10 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hold it. What did you say his name was?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wait a minute; stop."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_it-en-verb-ucdsSD19",
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(imperative) Wait a minute; stop."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stop"
        },
        {
          "word": "hang on"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Can't you hold it until the next gas station?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait to urinate or defecate despite present urgency."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "hold one's water"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold one's piss"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold it in"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_it-en-verb-hy1CHZyd",
      "links": [
        [
          "urinate",
          "urinate"
        ],
        [
          "defecate",
          "defecate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, it."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_it-en-verb-M6QjlVHr",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold#English"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "20 7 73",
          "word": "hold it in"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold it"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English imperative sentences",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> it"
      },
      "expansion": "hold it (third-person singular simple present holds it, present participle holding it, simple past and past participle held it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hold it in"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hold it. What did you say his name was?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wait a minute; stop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(imperative) Wait a minute; stop."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stop"
        },
        {
          "word": "hang on"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Can't you hold it until the next gas station?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait to urinate or defecate despite present urgency."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "hold one's water"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold one's piss"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold it in"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "urinate",
          "urinate"
        ],
        [
          "defecate",
          "defecate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold#English"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold it"
}

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