hold (someone or something) dear
hold (someone or something) dear
To consider someone or something to be very valuable or important, especially at a personal level. Even though this old pocket watch doesn't work anymore, I still hold it dear as it was the last thing my grandfather ever gave me. I consider myself a pretty gregarious person, but there are only a few people I truly hold dear. We purport to hold these values dear, but our actions contradict them.
See also: dear, hold
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hold somebody/something ˈdear
(formal) feel that somebody/something is of great value: He laughed at the ideas they held dear.See also: dear, hold, somebody, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- hold somebody/something dear
- investment
- recoup
- recoup (something) from (someone or something)
- recoup from
- tell the time
- keep good time
- pocket pool
- put (one's) hand into (one's) pocket
- any old thing