ahold
[ uh-hohld ]
/ əˈhoʊld /
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noun
Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of): He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
adverb
Nautical Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack: to keep a vessel ahold.
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Idioms for ahold
get ahold of, Informal. hold1 (def. 52).
Words nearby ahold
Ahmadiyyah, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Ahmose I, Ahnfelt's seaweed, ahold, a-hole, -aholic, aholt, Ahom, A horizon
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