hold forth

Definition

To extend or offer, propose.

Example Sentences

• "Behind him an excitable Frenchman was holding forth in declamatory style to a group of astonished residents."
• "The girls all liked to hear him talk. They often gathered in a little circle while he sat on a bench, and held forth to them, laughing."
• "[…]they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans."