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Chiefly Brit, admass, rank and file; rag, tag, and bobtail; Latin, hoc genus omne; grass roots, Inf. the silent majority, the man in the street, Jocular, booboisie, U.S. Middle America, Main Street USA; the vulgar herd, the great unwashed, the rabble, the mob, King Mob, the crowd.
hoist, v. 1. raise, lift, elevate, heave, move up, set up; thrust up, raise aloft, uprear, uplift, rear, erect, escalate; boost, upheave, upcast, upthrow, upthrust; pull up, hike up, pick up, jerk up; crane, jack up, take up, winch, bear up; raise up, upraise, weigh, whip.
-n. 2. crane, winch, tackle, halyard, davit; windlass, capstan, gin, pulley; elevator, lift, dumbwaiter; jack, jackscrew, booster, lifter.
hoity-toity, adj. disdainful, assuming, arrogant, proud; snobbish, conceited, Inf. uppity, self-important. See - haughty.
hold, v. 1. grasp, clutch, clasp, seize, keep fast, gripe; have, palm, retain, Inf. latch onto, clench, clinch; hug, embrace, Brit. Dial, clip; keep, have and hold, harbor; cherish, treasure, fondle, Archaic, bosom.
2. reserve, set aside, put aside, set by, lay aside, lay up; retain, preserve, save, put away for a rainy day.
3. bear, carry, take, shoulder; sustain, support, bolster, hold up, keep up, uphold, upbear; prop, brace, buttress, shore.
4. keep, maintain, engross, occupy, absorb, immerse, involve, engage; hold one's attention, monopolize one's attention, engage one's mind or thoughts; arrest, enthrall, spellbind, keep spellbound, fascinate.
5. detain, hold up, confine, impound, hold in custody; keep under constraint, lock up, coop up, put behind bars, imprison, incarcerate, SI. throw in the clink.
6. engage in, carry on, join in; bring together, gather, muster; preside over, direct, administer, conduct, run, prosecute, officiate at; observe, celebrate, mark.
7. hinder, restrain, hold back, check, impede, bar; suppress, squelch, put down; curb, hold down, hold in, control; hold up, stop, retard, delay, clog, Inf. bottle up, bottleneck, slow down, tie up.
8. occupy, be in, SI. hold down, fill, be incumbent; own, possess, have, enjoy, control, command, boast.
9. contain, accommodate, compose, comprise, bear, comprehend; have a capacity for, retain, carry, take.
10. think, believe, maintain, harbor, opine, affirm, propound; embrace, espouse, advocate, put faith in; swear by, go with, Inf. bank on, bet on, be sure of.
11. consider, regard, deem, esteem, judge, acknowledge; conjecture, gather, conceive, surmise; fancy, guess, estimate, allow; reckon, see, suppose, suspect, daresay.
12. defend, fend off, turn aside, stand seige, stave off; secure, cover, guard, protect, fortify, safeguard, garrison; resist, repel, repulse, hold off, keep at bay; stonewall, thwart, block, blockade, shut out.
13. point, aim, direct, train, level, peg, address, turn to.
14. bind, force, oblige, compel, coerce, expect of; bear upon, make incumbent upon, make responsible for, make answerable to.
15. remain, stay, persist, last, endure, obtain; continue, go on, carry on, go through; adhere to, stick to, uphold, follow; stay with, Inf. see through, follow through, keep up.
16. adhere, cling, stick, cleave, hang on, hold on; hug, embrace, hold tight, hold fast, cohere, freeze to; stick like a leech, cling like a winkle, cling like a burr, stick like wax, stick like a wet shirt.
17. be in force, remain valid, be the case, be true, prove out; hold up, hold good, square with the facts, stand up, Inf. wash, Inf. hold water, stand the test.
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