verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
withhold (your) consent (= not give it )
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A patient has the right to withhold consent to treatment.
withholding tax
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
consent
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An absolute prohibition against assignment is less popular than a qualified prohibition which requires a landlord not to withhold consent unreasonably.
information
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Either we become regarded as gratuitously destructive iconoclasts, or the shepherd himself becomes suspect for having withheld information .
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In an interview Thursday, Albright said she could not question her parents' motivations in withholding the information .
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Why would Rohmer withhold that information from us.
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However, leaders who refuse to speak with the media give the impression that we are withholding information .
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And the official line, as well as school lessons and folk knowledge, all colluded with the withholding of information .
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It is not at all unusual during wartime for leaders to withhold military information with the men in the grass.
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The tactics of conflict may be as follows: One manager will withhold information from another.
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He said the majority of recalls and other related corrective actions do not include allegations that a company withheld safety information .
name
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We won't be able to withhold his name .
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Authorities withheld the players' names pending the filing of formal charges.
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Police are withholding the woman's name until relatives are informed.
payment
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On imprisonment and so-called amnesties, it is illegal and irresponsible to withhold payment of the community charge.
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The problem for Mr Kasyanov is that he seems to have underestimated the strength of western reaction to the withholding of payments .
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Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.
tax
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Among these was a plan to cut the amount of personal income tax withheld by employers during the year.
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The more exemptions he claims, the less income tax you withhold from his paycheck.
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It is subject to social security taxes and income tax withholding .
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Payroll taxes consist of two different kinds of tax, an employer-paid tax and withheld taxes.
treatment
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Our patients were manifesting potentially dangerous hypoxaemia, and we did not consider it ethically appropriate to withhold this form of treatment .
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Therefore, we must withhold further treatments .
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Thus age should not be the sole criterion for withholding aggressive treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in older patients.
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They can not withhold treatment as punishment for any reason.
■ VERB
threaten
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His officials threatened to withhold future financial aid, or even to freeze existing programmes.
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In all, Mr. Dear threatened to withhold the certificate of efficiency if matters did not improve.
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Suppliers are not being paid by Brent Walker head office and as a consequence are threatening to withhold their services.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Civil servants should be as helpful as possible, and withhold information only in the interests of national security.
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Doctors do not have the right to withhold necessary treatment from a patient.
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He was accused of withholding vital evidence from the police.
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The new law allows you to withhold payment if you think a bill is incorrect.
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When the article was published, I asked for my name to be withheld.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Given the power of the managerial hierarchy to dispense or withhold rewards, open acts of defiance expose individuals to reprisal.
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Many were blacked out except for a sentence or less; other pages were withheld in their entirety.
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She appreciated him, he said, flattered him, but always seemed to withhold something.
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They can not withhold treatment as punishment for any reason.
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To maintain the row's high pitch of energy, you need to make sure that sympathy is withheld by all parties.
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Where there is no love to start with, there is nothing of an abstract nature to withhold .
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Who do I think I am to withhold it so selfishly?
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You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.