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hold off

verb

Definitions

  1. To delay (someone or something) temporarily

    To delay (someone or something) temporarily; to keep at bay.

    • Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them.
    • The breakthrough came after 63 minutes as United’s unorthodox defence desperately tried to hold off a spell of sustained pressure.

  2. To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).

    • Hold off (on) the decision one more day so I can answer your question.
    • Hold off (on) baking until I get there.

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Derived

holdoff

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA