Vocabulary
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Not pay someone or give them information(inseparable)
“He's been HOLDING OUT ON me for weeks and I really need the money.”
Delay(separable)
“The meeting has been HELD OVER till Friday.”
Oblige or force someone to carry out an obligation(separable)
“They're HOLDING us TO all the terms of the contract.”
Not break up
“The society managed to HOLD TOGETHER despite the crisis.”
“I was HELD UP by the terrible traffic and arrived half an hour late for my appointment.”
Accept (usually negative)(inseparable)
“I don't HOLD WITH their plans.”
Hide to avoid detection or an unpleasant situation
“They HOLED UP in a remote cottage while the police were searching for them.”
Make an empty space inside in something, reduce power or authority(separable)
“The new law has HOLLOWED OUT local government.”
Target(inseparable)
“The government is HOMING IN ON benefit fraud.”
Target, focus(inseparable)
“The company HONED IN ON its rival and tried to take it over. (Some consider this verb to be wrong and that is confused with 'home in on.”
Persuade someone to do something they don't want to do(separable)
“She HOOKED them INTO coming after all.”
Meet someone
“We HOOKED UP at the conference.”
Connect to a machine(inseparable)
“He's HOOKED UP TO a ventilator in the hospital.”
Act in a dangerous or reckless way, especially when driving fast
“He was HOONING AROUND in his new car last night and the police pulled him.”
Enter a vehicle(inseparable)
“We'll HOP IN the bus.”
Go away (command)
“The police officer told them to HOP IT.”
“We'll HOP ON the plane and get there in time.”
Leave a vehicle
“The bus pulled up and my cousin HOPPED OUT.”
Not be serious
“The class were HORSING AROUND when the teacher came in and told them to sit down.”
Use a hose to wet, clean or wash something(separable)
“They HOSED the patio DOWN.”
Force someone out of a place, job, position, etc.(separable)
“The press HOUNDED the minister OUT after the scandal broke.”
Move about a place
“She was HOVERING AROUND to see what we were talking about.”
Settle in a place as comfortably as possible to stay there
“The troops HUNKERED DOWN in the building.”
Search for someone to punish or kill them(separable)
“The police HUNTED the killer DOWN.”
