hold 'em

[ hohld uhm ]

noun

1. a form of poker in which each player is dealt two cards face down and then makes the best five-card hand by combining these with three of five communal cards that are dealt to the center of the table.

Example Sentences

Thatll hold em long enough for my purpose, and we just made it in time, he said.

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Theyll be in a panic, believing that, since theyre known now, the countryll soon be too hot to hold em.

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The day after the ball was always a busy one in Hit-im-and-Hold-em-shire.

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Would you hold em up the way that imitation constable did us, and take the car away from them?

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Hold em up, higher than that, mister, if you know whats good for you.

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