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hold the bag

hold the bag idiom

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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hold sway over
hold still for
hold someone's feet to the fire
hold over
hold out on
hold out
hold one's tongue
hold one's temper
hold one's peace
hold one's own

hold the field
hold the fort
hold the line
hold the phone
hold the purse strings
hold to
hold true
hold up
hold water
hold with

hold the bag

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