hold short in English

Forms: holds short [present, singular, third-person], holding short [participle, present], held short [participle, past], held short [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> short}} hold short (third-person singular simple present holds short, present participle holding short, simple past and past participle held short)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds short",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding short",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held short",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held short",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Aeronautics",
          "orig": "en:Aeronautics",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Can I cross runway 4L? — No, hold short of 4L for now.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait, staying away from a runway or a taxiway."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_short-en-verb-5AHQqIt2",
      "links": [
        [
          "aeronautics",
          "aeronautics"
        ],
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "runway",
          "runway"
        ],
        [
          "taxiway",
          "taxiway"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, aeronautics) To wait, staying away from a runway or a taxiway."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold short"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds short",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding short",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held short",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held short",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> short"
      },
      "expansion": "hold short (third-person singular simple present holds short, present participle holding short, simple past and past participle held short)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
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        "en:Aeronautics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Can I cross runway 4L? — No, hold short of 4L for now.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait, staying away from a runway or a taxiway."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aeronautics",
          "aeronautics"
        ],
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "runway",
          "runway"
        ],
        [
          "taxiway",
          "taxiway"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, aeronautics) To wait, staying away from a runway or a taxiway."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold short"
}

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"hold short" meaning in English

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