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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hold one's nose en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To pinch one's nostrils closed with one's fingers, usually to block out an unpleasant smell.
  2. (figuratively) To reluctantly overcome one's revulsion.
    • To the public, AIG symbolized everything that had gone wrong with the system […] But like the president, I understood that we had to hold our noses and save the company in order to protect the frail financial system. 2010, Hank Paulson, On The Brink:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
holding one's nose Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held one's nose Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
held one's nose Tense=Past lexicographic
holds one's nose Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (5)

pl zatkać nos (to pinch one's nostrils closed with one's fingers) · fi pidellä nenäänsä (to pinch one's nostrils closed with one's fingers) · pl zatykać nos (to reluctantly overcome one's revulsion) · pl zatykać nos (to pinch one's nostrils closed with one's fingers) · pl zatkać nos (to reluctantly overcome one's revulsion)