hold (someone or something) out of (something)
hold (someone or something) out of (something)
To prevent someone or something from being included in some situation, activity, process, environment, etc. I heard that Sarah's parents are holding her out of play rehearsals because she has the mumps. We're holding the new model out of production until we can nail down the cause of these malfunctions.
See also: hold, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- two jumps ahead (of someone or something)
- two jumps ahead of
- two leaps ahead (of someone or something)
- two steps ahead (of someone or something)
- toss out of (something or some place)
- say (something) about (someone or something)
- say about
- too much
- (one) is (just) too much
- You're too much!