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EyeSeeYou Posted 19 years ago
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Hold up/ Just so...
1) I've recently heard people use the phrasal verb 'hold up' in two different ways dictionaries don't usually list as entries. Is it a new usage?
a) Paul: How are you holding up, Joe?
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b) Mary: I'll hold up my promise and you'll hold up yours, ok?!
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2) What is the meaning of the phrase 'Just so...' ? I've seen it usually is followed by the verb 'know': Just so you know...
a) Paul: How are you holding up, Joe?
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b) Mary: I'll hold up my promise and you'll hold up yours, ok?!
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2) What is the meaning of the phrase 'Just so...' ? I've seen it usually is followed by the verb 'know': Just so you know...
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EyeSeeYou 1) I've recently heard people use the phrasal verb 'hold up' in two different ways dictionaries don't usually list as entries. Is it a new usage? a) Paul: How are you holding up, Joe?
- EyeSeeYou 1) I've recently heard people use the phrasal verb 'hold up' in two different ways dictionaries don't usually list as entries.
- Is it a new usage?
- a) Paul: How are you holding up, Joe?
- = doing, managing, under the circumstances ----- b) Mary: I'll hold up my promise and you'll hold up yours, ok?!
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EyeSeeYou
1) I've recently heard people use the phrasal verb 'hold up' in two different ways dictionaries don't usually list as entries. Is it a new usage?
a) Paul: How are you holding up, Joe? = doing, managing, under the circumstances
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b) Mary: I'll hold up my promise and you'll hold up yours, ok?!
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Thanks, and yes I assumed those were the meanings for A) and B), though it's kind of wierd I couldn't find them on my dictionary (The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, one of the best out there), that's why i wondered if they were newly slang phrasals.
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Hi,
I'll hold up my promise and you'll hold up yours, ok?!
I haven't heard this with regard to a promise.
What I have heard is I'll hold up my end . . . The idea here is that there is a mutual agreement or bargain of some kind, and that I will do my part, do what I have agreed to do
I'll hold up my promise and you'll hold up yours, ok?!
I haven't heard this with regard to a promise.
What I have heard is I'll hold up my end . . . The idea here is that there is a mutual agreement or bargain of some kind, and that I will do my part, do what I have agreed to do
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