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withhold
[ with-hohld, with- ]
verb (used with object)
- to hold back; restrain or check.
Antonyms: advance
- to refrain from giving or granting:
to withhold payment.
Antonyms: advance
- to collect (taxes) at the source of income.
- to deduct (withholding tax) from an employee's salary or wages.
verb (used without object)
- to hold back; refrain.
- to deduct withholding tax.
withhold
/ wɪðˈhəʊld /
verb
- tr to keep back; refrain from giving
he withheld his permission
- tr to hold back; restrain
- tr to deduct (taxes, etc) from a salary or wages
- intrusually foll byfrom to refrain or forbear
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Derived Forms
- withˈholder, noun
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Other Words From
- with·holder noun
- unwith·held adjective
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Example Sentences
In order to withhold the photographs, the secretary of defense must certify that photographs could cause harm to Americans.
He expected truth in others and could not withhold the truth about himself.
And is it right for us to withhold assistance and punish civilians?
The desire to withhold participation trophies increased with income, age, and education.
The Daily Beast agreed to withhold her name out of concern for her privacy as a victim of sexual assault.
They cannot withhold dividends in order to depress the value of the property and buy its stock at a lower price.
Sir Robert Peel said that he did not desire to withhold his sentiments on this subject.
If upon Hollister had been bestowed the power to grant her sight or to withhold it, he would have shrunk from a decision.
What I would grant to the devil himself, I would not withhold even from the slaveholder—his due.
Never before had I known a time so subtly, viciously, confidently to withhold its omens.
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