Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Hold In (To).

 Hold Hard.Hold Off! 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hold In (To).
 
To restrain. The allusion is to horses reined up tightly when running too fast.   1
 


 Hold Hard.Hold Off! 

 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com