Usually means: Speak at length; express opinions.
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  1. hold forth: Merriam-Webster
  2. hold forth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hold forth: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hold forth: Vocabulary.com
  5. hold forth: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hold forth: Wiktionary
  7. hold forth: Dictionary.com
  8. Hold Forth: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. hold forth: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hold forth: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. hold forth: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hold forth: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hold forth)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To extend or offer, propose.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To talk at great length.

Similar:
hold out, put forth, protend, offer, outhold, proffer, proffre, set forth, propound, propose, more...

Opposite:
restrain, withhold, hold back, keep quiet

Types:
sermonize, lecture, preach, orate, more...

Phrases:
to hold forth, hold forth on the stump, more...

Adjectives:
onward, even, last, tarry, abroach, going, set, cont, be, hold, onz

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Similar:
hold out, put forth, protend, offer, outhold, proffer, proffre, set forth, propound, propose, more...

Opposite:
restrain, withhold, hold back, keep quiet

Types:
sermonize, lecture, preach, orate, more...

Phrases:
to hold forth, hold forth on the stump, more...

Adjectives:
onward, even, last, tarry, abroach, going, set, cont, be, hold, onz



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