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Hold off

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To delay (someone or something) temporarily; to keep at bay. idiomatic, transitive

    "Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them."

  2. 2
    resist and fight to a standoff wordnet
  3. 3
    To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed). idiomatic, intransitive, transitive

    "Hold off (on) the decision one more day so I can answer your question."

  4. 4
    wait before acting wordnet

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