Unhold
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unhold is a verb meaning (transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of.
Meaning
(transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of.
More Meanings
- (transitive, telephony) To remove from a "hold" or "on hold" state.
Example Sentences
I unheld my ears. It wasn't all that yucky.
Scroll to Hold, and press the trackball. Your call is now on hold. Follow these steps to unhold your call: […]
For each man has the same problem — women — how to hold them when you want to hold them — how to unhold them when you want to unhold.
The unrefuted accusation had also been a libel on yourselves, whose great intelligence has unholden Maga in so unprecedented a degree, and who monthly devour the astonishing number of six and thirty thousand of her copies.
Word Forms
- unholds
- unholding
- unheld
- unholden
- un-hold
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unhand, ungrasp, ungrapple, unhandcuff, loose, ungrip.
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