A control method for an automatic transmission in a vehicle having an engine for providing {HEAD ~ power} to {TAIL ~ the vehicle} via the automatic transmission and having a hill holding engagement element that prevents the vehicle from moving backward by inhibiting a counter rotation of an output shaft of the automatic transmission when the vehicle is stopped in a state where a forward range of the automatic transmission is selected, comprising the steps of: 
A control method for an automatic transmission in a vehicle having an engine for providing { HEAD ~ power } to { TAIL ~ the vehicle } via the automatic transmission and having a hill holding engagement element that prevents the vehicle from moving backward by inhibiting a counter rotation of an output shaft of the automatic transmission when the vehicle is stopped in a state where a forward range of the automatic transmission is selected , comprising the steps of :
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