hold over someone's head

English

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hold over someone's head (third-person singular simple present holds over someone's head, present participle holding over someone's head, simple past and past participle held over someone's head)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To harp on; to remind continuously (especially of a misstep or defeat).
    I get one parking ticket and he holds it over my head for six months.
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