let someone hold

verb

To give (especially money); let someone have.

“Gramma, let me hold $20.”

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Meanings

verblet someone hold (third-person singular simple present lets someone hold, present participle letting someone hold, simple past and past participle let someone hold)

present singular third person lets someone hold · participle present letting someone hold

  1. slangtransitiveAfrican-American VernacularTo give (especially money); let someone have.

    Gramma, let me hold $20.

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