WITHHOLD


Meaning of WITHHOLD in English

(~s, ~ing, withheld)

If you ~ something that someone wants, you do not let them have it. (FORMAL)

Police withheld the dead boy’s name yesterday until relatives could be told...

Financial aid for Britain has been withheld...

VERB: V n, V n

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