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hold off in WordNet English dictionary
verb- wait before acting
"the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
wait hold off hold back
- resist and fight to a standoff
"Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
hold off
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hold off in English Wiktionary
- (verb) (idiom/transitive) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
- (verb) (idiom/transitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
- (verb) (idiom/intransitive) To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed).
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