hold (someone) for ransom
hold (someone) for ransom
To kidnap someone and keep them until someone else pays a demanded sum of money (a "ransom"). The kidnappers are holding my son for ransom—I'll pay any amount they want!
See also: hold, ransom
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hold someone for ransom
to demand money for the return of a person who has been kidnapped. The kidnappers held me for ransom, but no one would pay. We will hold Timmy for ransom and hope that the police don't find us.
See also: hold, ransom
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- brief (someone) about (someone or something)
- brief about
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- be in bad with (someone)
- be in (someone's) shoes
- be in another person's shoes