not hold with

not hold with
index dissent (withhold assent)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • hold with doing something — hold with ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold with something — hold with ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold with — ((doing) something) to agree with or support something. He married a woman who didn t hold with gambling. Usage notes: often used in the form not hold with (doing) something: I don t hold with the idea that I was rebellious as a child …   New idioms dictionary

  • not part with — index hold (possess) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hold with — [verb] approve of, agree to or with, be in favour of, countenance, subscribe to, support * * * APPROVE OF, agree with, be in favour of, endorse, accept, countenance, support, subscribe to, give one s blessing to, take kindly to; informal stand… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold with — phrasal verb Word forms hold with : present tense I/you/we/they hold with he/she/it holds with present participle holding with past tense held with past participle held with mainly spoken not hold with something to not approve of an activity or… …   English dictionary

  • hold with — PHRASAL VERB: with brd neg If you do not hold with an activity or action, you do not approve of it. [V P n] I don t hold with the way they do things nowadays …   English dictionary

  • To hold with — Hold Hold, v. i. In general, to keep one s self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: [1913 Webster] 1. Not to move; to halt; to stop; mostly in the imperative. [1913 Webster] And damned be him that first cries, Hold, enough!… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • not hold water — to not seem to be true or reasonable. That argument isn t likely to hold water with my father! A lot of the stuff I believed in when I was 17 just doesn t hold water today. Related vocabulary: hold up Etymology: based on the idea of a bucket or… …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold with — Synonyms and related words: OK, abide by, accede, accede to, accept, acclaim, accord to, acquiesce, acquiesce in, admire, agree, agree to, agree with, applaud, approve, approve of, assent, be willing, bless, buy, cheer, comply, condescend,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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