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holds cheap

holds cheap is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 holds cheap

What is holds cheap the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Holds cheap is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold cheap.

Words near holds cheap in the dictionary

  1. holds a torch for
  2. holds against
  3. holds back
  4. holds back on
  5. holds by the button
  6. holds cheap
  7. holds court
  8. holds dear
  9. holds down
  10. holds down the fort
  11. holds fast

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