Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Strong personal support and reassurance, especially to alleviate tension and anxiety.
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- noun The
holding of hands . - noun
Strong personal support orreassurance . - adjective Holding hands.
- adjective by extension, of a couple Deeply and
ostentatiously in love .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The buildings are spinning around me as I twirl along with my husband who seems to feel that handholding is no longer original enough.
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The buildings are spinning around me as I twirl along with my husband who seems to feel that handholding is no longer original enough.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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The buildings are spinning around me as I twirl along with my husband who seems to feel that handholding is no longer original enough.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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I have to disagree Michael about the "handholding" of Editors at conferences.
The Value of Critique? Editorial Anonymous 2010
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Kennedy, who has been holding regular "handholding" sessions with the senators to calm their fears, plans to introduce the legislation soon after the Easter recess.
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The 'handholding' thing will only hurt if Obama fluffs foreign policy in the debates - I don't think he will.
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The UNC system hopes to improve graduation rates by expanding expensive "handholding" programs for students who are not ready for college-level work.
Pope Center Articles 2010
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News Government may have taken on too much in leading local industry, resulting in the private sector being too inactive and in need of "handholding", says official.
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RG: Does the SYNNEX Converged Solutions Group offer a "one-stop shop" environment and any "handholding" services?
unknown title 2009
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I removed the linux "handholding" os that was on it and put on windows xp until someone gets a wifi driver working on the hackintosh.
British Blogs 2008
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