hold off
— phrasal verb with hold uk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/verb held, held
(NOT DO)
C2 to not do something immediately:
[ + -ing verb ] Let's hold off making a decision until next week.
US They've decided to hold off on buying a car until they're both working.
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Waiting
- await
- hang
- hang around (somewhere)
- hang on
- hang round (somewhere)
- hold
- mark time idiom
- mill
- mill around
- queue
- ready
- sit
- sit back
- stand
- wait in
- wait list
- wait on sth
- wait sth out
- wait up
- wait list
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(RAIN/STORM)
If rain or a storm holds off, it does not start immediately.
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Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- carry
- hold
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- kick the can down the road idiom
- push
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
- spin your wheels idiom
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