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held tack

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

Meaning of hold tack

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To last or hold out.
    • But if this twig be made of wood
      That will hold tack, I'll make the fur
      Fly 'bout the ears of that old cur;
      And th' other mungrel vermin, Ralph,
      That brav'd us all in his behalf.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...

Questions about held tack

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

Words near held tack in the dictionary

  1. held short
  2. held someone's feet to the fire
  3. held someone's hand
  4. held space
  5. held still
  6. held tack
  7. held that thought
  8. held the aces
  9. held the book
  10. held the cards
  11. held the floor

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