- hold someone accountable
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to believe that someone is responsible for somethingMain entry: hold
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hold someone accountable
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hold someone's feet to the fire — verb To maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with ones desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions. In this letter the governor explained that he was being… … Wiktionary
hold someone responsible — hold someone responsible/accountable/liable/ phrase to believe that someone is responsible for something Thesaurus: to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym words used to describe criticismhyponym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
hold someone liable — hold someone responsible/accountable/liable/ phrase to believe that someone is responsible for something Thesaurus: to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym words used to describe criticismhyponym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
hold — I [[t]ho͟ʊld[/t]] PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORTING, OR CONTAINING ♦ holds, holding, held 1) VERB When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms. [V n prep/adv] Hold the knife at an angle... [V n] She is holding her … English dictionary
hold — hold1 [ hould ] (past tense and past participle held [ held ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 carry ▸ 2 stop someone/something from moving ▸ 3 put arms around someone ▸ 4 (be able to) contain ▸ 5 have ▸ 6 continue in same state ▸ 7 keep/stop something ▸ 8 not… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hold — 1 verb past tense and past participle held IN YOUR HANDS/ARMS 1 a) (T) to have something firmly in your hand or arms: He was holding a knife in one hand. | Can you hold the groceries for me while I open the door? | I held the baby in my arms. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hold — I UK [həʊld] / US [hoʊld] verb Word forms hold : present tense I/you/we/they hold he/she/it holds present participle holding past tense held UK [held] / US past participle held *** 1) [transitive] to carry something using your hands or arms Can… … English dictionary
accountable — adjective (not before noun) responsible for the effects of your actions and willing to explain or be criticized for them (+ for): Managers must be accountable for their decisions. | hold sb accountable for sth (=consider someone responsible):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hold — hold1 holdable, adj. /hohld/, v., held; held or (Archaic) holden; holding; n. v.t. 1. to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child s hand in his. 2. to set aside; reserve or retain: to… … Universalium
hold — I [[t]hoʊld[/t]] v. held, hold•ing, n. 1) to have or keep in the hand; grasp: to hold someone s hand[/ex] 2) to set aside; reserve or retain: to hold a reservation[/ex] 3) to bear, sustain, or support with or as if with the hands or arms 4) to… … From formal English to slang
