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Meaning withhold meaning

What does withhold mean?

withhold

— verb hold back; refuse to hand over or share The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room — verb retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments My employer is withholding taxes

Synonyms withhold synonyms

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keep back restrain refuse hold back reject dismiss detain spurn shun retain disavow disallow decline stop resend repulse relay keep deduct send back reserve repress recoup inhibit hold arrest tool throw away suppress stifle stem save repel refute refuse to give rebut rebuke preserve look askance at hide expel emboss dump drive away dispose discard disapprove of disapprove disagree deny

Topics withhold topics

What do people use withhold to talk about?
Language and thought Want Request

Refuse to do something

Conjugation withhold conjugation

How do you conjugate withhold?

withhold · verb

Examples withhold examples

How do I use withhold in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Withhold the medicine?
Martin, do you think I don't have the right to withhold my medicine from the world?
Actually, he offered to withhold a vital piece of evidence. if I made it worth his while.
Before we made the mistake of giving him liquor. this time we will withhold it.
My name, I withhold.
We've been ordered to withhold notifications until after Christmas.
If the court please, I wish to withhold my opening argument. until the government states its case.
Are you telling this court that you were approached by naval officers. who asked you to withhold information?
Other portions I shall withhold.
I asked JJ to withhold the item until he'd give you a fat paragraph.
It is unlawful to withhold pertinent information.
One must withhold from them the last gramm of mental food.
I swear by God, the Almighty and Omniscient. that I will speak the pure truth and withhold and add nothing.
I swear by God, the Almighty and Omniscient. that I will speak the pure truth, and will withhold and add nothing.
No. - But how can you. Withhold the medicine?
Sell or withhold information?
Patients withhold things.
I will withhold 300 francs plus a 1 00-franc fine.
Only the one important thing, that is withhold.
Now, if you will allow a reporter and a photographer into your home to cover Tracy's wedding I have the editor's word as a gentleman that he will withhold the article on your husband.
Oh, no. I asked JJ to withhold the item until he'd give you a fat paragraph.
That'll teach him not to withhold His strength when he vies with the king.
Mrs. Brown, why did you withhold this information until now?
Because of the failure of the State.. To offer proof beyond the circumstantial evidence which has convicted you.. I withhold the death penalty..
Actually, he offered to withhold a vital piece of evidence from the inquest if I made it worth his while.
And at a time like this, I don't think we should withhold the truth, do you?
My name, I withhold. My allegiance is to Richard, King of England.
See, what I've done is withhold or add some of these different enzyme factors.
Wait.. withhold your ire!
I swear by God the Almighty and Omniscient that I will speak the pure truth and withhold and add nothing.
Or we'll withhold part of our dues.
They decided to withhold such reports.
The gods withhold me!
From anyone who takes away your coat, do not withhold even your shirt.

News and current affairs

Whenever we withhold assistance or impose sanctions, we need to think carefully about who bears the burden in bringing about the changes that we seek.
The ECB's decision last week to withhold credit to the country's banking system, and thereby to shutter the banks, was both inept and catastrophic.
Donors should withhold all non-humanitarian aid to Belgrade until it surrenders Milosevic for trial in The Hague.
Farming organizations threaten to withhold support for the Treaty unless the government threatens to veto Mandelson's proposals.
Yet, as workers and unions step up their protests against privatization, market reforms, inflation, corruption or unemployment they seem to forget the taxes they withhold daily from state or local councils.
Fear causes individuals to restrain their spending and firms to withhold investments; as a result, the economy weakens, confirming their fear and leading them to restrain spending further.
Second, Greece should continue to withhold service on its external debts to official creditors in advance of a consensual debt restructuring later this year.
Even after the epidemic appeared in Hong Kong and then spread to Beijing, officials continued to withhold information.
But when the adviser believes his work will benefit those whom the leader effectively holds hostage, he has a duty not to withhold advice.
It is simply unfair to withhold the status of marriage from those who want to make this public vow.
That could lead international investors to withhold funds from a departing country and raise substantially the interest rate on its national debt.
At the same time, no PLO official is likely to seek the presidency without Abbas's approval, which he will withhold until a new mechanism for ending the occupation is found.
If a policy is right when the Security Council approves, how can it be wrong just because communist China or Russia or France or a gaggle of minor dictatorships withhold approbation?

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