hold out on sb
— phrasal verb with hold uk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/verb held, held
informal to refuse to give help or information to someone:
Don't hold out on me - I need to know who did it.
mainly US informal to refuse to give money to someone
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold sb/sth back
- hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom
- holding pattern
- impede
- impedimenta
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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