n.
the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect

put (something) on hold Idiom, Proverb

a household name

"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

each person has a different idea of what is beautiful, one man's garbage... "To him, the statue is elegant; to me, it's ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!"

can't hold a candle

(See hold a candle)

don't hold your breath

it is not going to happen soon, be prepared to wait The City will repair the street but don't hold your breath.

get a hold of

talk to, phone I tried to get a hold of Pierre when I was in Montreal.

get hold of (someone)

find a person so you can speak with him or her I tried to get hold of him last week but he was out of town.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

hold a candle

do as well, compare with, measure up The Buick is nice, but it can't hold a candle to the Cadillac.

hold a candle to

be in the same class or level with (used with a negative usually), can be compared with As far as good service goes that restaurant can

hold a grudge

stay angry for a long time, bad blood He gets mad, but he never holds a grudge. He forgives easily.

put (something) on hold

To pause, postpone, or append an activity. We've had to put the auction on authority while we amount out why the website keeps crashing. Do you apperception if we put date night on authority for a few weeks until we get done with this activity at work?Learn more: hold, on, put

put someone or something on hold

to put addition or someone's blast alarm on an cyberbanking hold. (Learn added put someone on hold.) Please don't put me on hold! I'm in a hurry! I am activity to accept to put your alarm on hold.Learn more: hold, on, put

put someone on hold

Fig. to stop all activity or advice with someone. (Learn added put someone or something on hold.) John put Ann on authority and started dating Mary. "You can't aloof put me on hold!" cried Ann.Learn more: hold, on, put

put something on hold

to adjourn something; to stop the advance of something. (Learn added put someone on hold; put someone or something on hold.) They put the activity on authority until they got abundant money to accomplishment it. Sorry, but we charge put your plan on hold.Learn more: hold, on, put

put article on hold

COMMON If you put article on hold, you adjudge not to do it or accord with it until a after time. We'll accept to put the activity on authority until we get some added money. They had accustomed ancestors lives which couldn't be put on authority every time she acquainted ill. Note: You can additionally aloof say that article is on hold. A few months after it was appear that the accord was on hold, conceivably permanently. Note: This announcement is apparently from the appellation acclimated in the accomplished back addition authoritative a blast alarm waited for the abettor to affix them. Learn more: hold, on, put, something

put article on hold

briefly adjourn demography activity on or advancing article Originally, to put addition on authority was actually to accomplish them delay for a blast connection.Learn more: hold, on, put, something

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