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hold tack

hold tack verb: to last or hold out.

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...

Forms of hold tack

third-person singular presentholds tack
present participleholding tack
past participleheld tack
pastheld tack

Questions about hold tack

What does hold tack mean?
Hold tack means to last or hold out.
What part of speech is hold tack?
Hold tack is a verb.
What is the past tense of hold tack?
The past tense of hold tack is held tack.

Words near hold tack in the dictionary

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

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