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hold in

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  1. To keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping. (transitive) · to hold in laughter, or one's emotions
  2. To restrain oneself. (dated, intransitive) · He wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in.
  3. To keep (someone) in prison or jail. (transitive)
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“I was already firmly convinced, Watson, that there were not three separate mysteries here, but one only, and that if I could read the Musgrave Ritual aright I should hold in my hand the clue which would lead me to the truth concerning both the butler Brunton and the maid Howells.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 16 · B2
What about getting down to that paper you hold in your hand?"
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 73 · B2
I have, during those five-and-twenty years, spared no pains to understand the people of France and the interests which were confided to me; and now, when I see the fruition of my wishes almost within reach, the power I hold in my hands bursts and shatters me to atoms!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 101 · C1

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