We hold ourselves back.

How far back does that go? How far back does modern language go?

The back seat of the car will hold three passengers.

They also kiss, hold hands, pat one another on the back.

Hold on a second, I'll be right back. Don't hang up!

Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

So, I hold back a little of my venom for these astronomical misnomers.

Using hold in this way is both completely conventional and deeply misleading. In any other common English language usage, hold is an active verb or a noun with a similar connotation.

Shall We hold back the Reminder from you, since you are a transgressing people?

Shall We hold back the Reminder from you, since you are a transgressing people?

Twitter users did not hold back when the heard how insensitive Byron Macdonlad was being

And if they had intended to go forth, they would certainly have provided equipment for it, but Allah did not like their going forth, so He withheld them, and it was said (to them) Hold back with those who hold back.

And if they had intended to go forth, they would certainly have provided equipment for it, but Allah did not like their going forth, so He withheld them, and it was said (to them) Hold back with those who hold back.

And geriatricians try to hold back the sands of time by stopping the damage converting into pathology.

A handy thing to have, because language is infinite, and you can't just parrot back the sentences that you've heard.

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

The Lord said, Hold the serpent and do not be afraid We will bring it back to its original form.

The Lord said, Hold the serpent and do not be afraid We will bring it back to its original form.

According to a YouGov poll of more than 4,000 UK adults in 2013, 75 per cent were unable to speak a foreign language well enough to hold a conversation and with French being the only language spoken by a double digit percentage, 15 per cent.

Say Your day is appointed, you can neither hold back its coming by an hour, nor hasten it by an hour.

Say Your day is appointed, you can neither hold back its coming by an hour, nor hasten it by an hour.

Say 'You are promised a Day. You can neither hold it back, nor can you hasten it by a single hour'

Say 'You are promised a Day. You can neither hold it back, nor can you hasten it by a single hour'

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Say You have the appointment of a day from which you cannot hold back any while, nor can you bring it on.

Say You have the appointment of a day from which you cannot hold back any while, nor can you bring it on.

The ceasefire needs to be put back in place, and it must hold if we want the peace process to move forward.

Others will hold back. But this will be the gateway that will connect the modern economy and the modern world to my country.

After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.

After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.

Say 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's mercy, yet would you hold back for fear of expending and man is ever niggardly.'

Say 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's mercy, yet would you hold back for fear of expending and man is ever niggardly.'

Say 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's Mercy, you would hold them back for fear of spending and mankind is ever grudging!

Say 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's Mercy, you would hold them back for fear of spending and mankind is ever grudging!

Yet We will hold the scourge back for a while, (but no sooner than We will do so) you will revert to your old ways.

Yet We will hold the scourge back for a while, (but no sooner than We will do so) you will revert to your old ways.

Language is very different. Language is very precise.

For reasons of simplicity, this draft resolution uses essentially the same language as was agreed by the General Assembly in its resolution 58 214 when deciding to hold the World Conference on Disaster Reduction.

Every picture that you see there and thousands of others have been returned back to the person who lost it sometimes crossing oceans, sometimes going through language barriers.

A meritocratic society is one in which if you've got talent and energy and skill, you will get to the top. Nothing should hold you back.

Who hold back what they possess and enjoin stinginess on others. Whoever turns away (from God, should remember) that God is self sufficient, worthy of praise.

Who hold back what they possess and enjoin stinginess on others. Whoever turns away (from God, should remember) that God is self sufficient, worthy of praise.

One learns grammar from language, not language from grammar.