Withhold: withhold – withheld – withheld

Irregular verb, level B2.

B2 · Upper-intermediate
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

havegetmakesaytellpayloseunderstandhearholdshootstand

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