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Meanings of hold open in English

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        Usage of hold open in English
        1
        For something more genteel, local artists in Bury hold open studio sessions.
        The Guardian
        2
        Theirs it is to point the road and hold open the unlocked doors.
        Since Cézanne
        3
        He's the kind of guy who'd hold open car doors, who'd bring flowers.
        True Lies
        4
        The occupants were required to hold open house twice a week before the sale.
        The new yorker
        5
        A gentleman should always hold open the door for a lady to enter first.
        Our Deportment / Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most R...
        6
        You inquire so earnestly about my welfare; hold open still the hospitable door for me.
        The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18...
        7
        Tell Garrick I shall hold open to-night for him.
        Guy Garrick
        8
        Fernando tried to hold open the door for Ysabeau, but Adam beat him to it.
        The Book of Life
        9
        On the top deck there was a major problem, they could not get the hold open.
        The outsiders
        10
        He remembered Oelus, the stew, and the moment when his eyelids became too heavy to hold open.
        The brazen gambit
        11
        From his vantage point he saw the pale-blue chauffeur hold open the door of the pale-blue limousine.
        The Dark House
        12
        Mediæval illuminations picture the evangelists copying their gospels from heavenly books which angels hold open above them.
        The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible
        13
        He has old-style manners, constantly stopping to hold open a door and referring to women as "ladies".
        The Irish Times
        14
        No one said hello or thank you or held open a door.
        Boston noir
        15
        She held open her hand and a large green bulb was there.
        Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
        16
        He held open the door and very politely said, Evening, Miss Fiorio.
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