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hold off

English

  1. 🔊 resist and fight to a standoff
    “Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off”
  2. 🔊 wait before acting
    “the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment”

Similar words

wait hold back abstain adjourn be dilatory beat back beat off blench block boggle brush off chase chase away chase off check continue counter cut defer delay demur dismiss dispense with do without