Withhold: withhold – withheld – withheld
Irregular verb, level B2.
Base form (V1)withhold
Past simple (V2)withheld
Past participle (V3)withheld
Meaning
To keep something back and not give it.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
They may withhold your pay until the work is done.
Past simple (V2)
He withheld the news from his brother.
Past participle (V3)
They have withheld the information from us.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of withhold.
Verbs that change the same way
Past simple and past participle are the same
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