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held cheap

held cheap is the simple past and past participle of hold cheap.

Meaning of hold cheap

Verb

hold cheap (third-person singular simple present holds cheap, present participle holding cheap, simple past and past participle held cheap)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon.
    • We shall not always plant while others reap / The golden increment of bursting fruit, / Not always countenance, abject and mute / That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; […]1927, Countee Cullen, “From the Dark Tower”, in Copper Sun, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, part 1 (Color); republished in James Weldon Johnson, editor, The Book of American Negro...

Questions about held cheap

What is held cheap the simple past and past participle of?
Held cheap is the simple past and past participle of hold cheap.

Words near held cheap in the dictionary

  1. held back
  2. held back on
  3. held ball
  4. held balls
  5. held by the button
  6. held cheap
  7. held court
  8. held dear
  9. held down
  10. held down the fort
  11. held fast

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