Definition of hold a candle to

hold a candle to

verb - transitive

• to be superior to, in some way.

                                                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Dec 31 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 31 2010.

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A-1	Definitions include: the best.
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a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
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a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
a dog with two d*cks	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
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Other terms relating to 'candle':
candle	Definitions include: A marijuana cigarette, a joint.
Other terms relating to 'hold':
hold	Definitions include: to have drugs.
hold down	Definitions include: be there for you.
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.
holding up	Definitions include: to be doing.
hold on	Definitions include: to wait.
hold (one's) breath	Definitions include: to wait.
hold (one's) horses	Definitions include: to wait patiently.
hold (one's) liquor	Definitions include: to have a respectable alcohol tolerance.
hold the fort	Definitions include: to maintain the proper operation of something, such as a business.
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hold up	Definitions include: to wait.
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Other terms relating to 'to':
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
9 to 5	Definitions include: See nine to five.
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add insult to injury	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
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*ss-to-mouth	Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
back to (one's) roots	Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
beat all to hell	Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
beat to the punch	Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
be up to	Definitions include: to do.
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
blow to hell	Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
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