[Ads-l] to hold over - to sustain

[George Thompson]

I don't say "tide you over".  I would say "That will hold you until
dinner";  the idea that "hold you over" is a blend seems good to me.

GAT

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:50 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Or as Jerry Cohen would suggest, perhaps a blend of “hold” in the relevant
> sense and “tide over”.
>
> LH
> > On Oct 18, 2019, at 12:11 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Replacing "to tide someone over", I guess, since most people don't
> > know anything about tides anymore.
> > DanG
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:01 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> to sustain, to be adequate enough to sustain
> >>
> >> This definition is provided by Phred on the WordReference language
> forum:
> >>
> >> 1.
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forum.wordreference.com_threads_hold-2Dsomeone-2Dover.659187_&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=Al8pURTgT75v6RCQ64J2NW5lD_HJM5u8p6ajL2pcz50&e=
> <
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forum.wordreference.com_threads_hold-2Dsomeone-2Dover.659187_&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=Al8pURTgT75v6RCQ64J2NW5lD_HJM5u8p6ajL2pcz50&e=
> >
> >>
> >> ####
> >> In this case, to "hold someone over" means to give someone enough of
> something until more comes. Example: "I ate some chips after school. That
> held me over until dinner." This phrase is more colloquial, it's probably
> not something you want to use in formal writing.
> >> ####
> >> ####
> >>
> >> Not in the OED, Wiktionary, Merriam-Webster or TheFreeDictionary.com.
> >>
> >> 2.
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__insideflyer.com_2007_03_letters-2D65_&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=SRxfUMdpcVvZyPn9AX_2dEjKUHqYD320NqY1MyfPAmo&e=
> <
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__insideflyer.com_2007_03_letters-2D65_&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=SRxfUMdpcVvZyPn9AX_2dEjKUHqYD320NqY1MyfPAmo&e=
> >
> >> Letters - March, 30 2007 [sic]
> >> Editor’s note
> >> Randy Petersen
> >>
> >> Directly violating the advice to not use in formal writing:
> >>
> >> ####
> >> No need to take your business elsewhere, I have arranged for you to
> have the next three years as an AAdvantage Gold member which I hope will
> hold you over until your safe return … and then some.
> >> ####
> >> ####
> >>
> >> 3.
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__alisaharris.blogspot.com_2014_02_happy-2Dveggie-2Dvalentines-2Dday.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=62344gviMlJ8Js32f-P68FrgtyznklnvRAeQZMq1BLw&e=
> <
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__alisaharris.blogspot.com_2014_02_happy-2Dveggie-2Dvalentines-2Dday.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=62344gviMlJ8Js32f-P68FrgtyznklnvRAeQZMq1BLw&e=
> >
> >> Alisa
> >> Happy Veggie Valentine's Day!
> >>
> >> ####
> >> I painted some cute fruit and veggie valentines that I hope will hold
> you over for a bit longer.
> >> ####
> >> ####
> >>
> >> 4.
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wattpad.com_562883527-2Dthe-2Dflower-2Dand-2Dthe-2Dgem-2Dchoni-2Dtoni-2527s-2Dpoem&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=zAR0fyhvcQfy6NvdeusMe3tzd76g9L6w4baEiju7Q2A&e=
> <
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wattpad.com_562883527-2Dthe-2Dflower-2Dand-2Dthe-2Dgem-2Dchoni-2Dtoni-27s-2Dpoem&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=X2O8h38zmPrRbPPAdy2bkbyhqblAN07jHy6f_WEnn20&s=DXYAkSy_ppjhNfUwS9K7NSrDModWHOZBdOBqvb1IRKU&e=
> >
> >> Toni’s Poem
> >> bitchyjauregay
> >>
> >> ####
> >> Just a little something I hope will hold you over until the next
> chapter is done with.
> >> ####
> >> ####
> >>
> >> Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
> >> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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-- 
George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998.

But when aroused at the Trump of Doom / Ye shall start, bold kings, from
your lowly tomb. . .
L. H. Sigourney, "Burial of Mazeen", Poems.  Boston, 1827, p. 112

The Trump of Doom -- also known as The Dunghill Toadstool.  (Here's a
picture of his great-grandfather.)
http://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/james-gillray/an-excrescence---a-fungus-alias-a-toadstool-upon-a-dunghill/3851

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