hold over
Example Sentences
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Because they didn’t hold over the outgoing shift, they staffed the extra engines with firefighters who volunteered for the job — only enough to operate three of the five engines.
From Los Angeles Times
Could Chelsea's hold over the Women's Super League be set to end?
From BBC
Buffett’s success hinges on his skills as a value investor, “always appraising stocks as fractional-ownership interests in businesses that he planned to hold over the long term,” said the manager of the $23.5 billion fund.
From MarketWatch
Between bits about being unlucky in love, we see flashes of pain held over from the death of his partner Lynn Shelton.
From Los Angeles Times
The 125-year-old company is the largest private owner of timberland in North America, with over 10 million acres, including valuable tracts in the Pacific Northwest, where it holds over two million acres.
From Barron's
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