Etymology: [ 'hOld ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English healdan; akin to Old High German haltan to hold, and perhaps to Latin celer rapid, Greek klonos agitation.
To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay, To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed), To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed), fight to a stand-off; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos back, If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it. The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray They have threatened military action but held off until now, If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you. Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown, fight to a stand-off; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos back", wait before acting, withstand, fight off; delay, postpone; keep at a distance; refrain from action, A fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects, A delay or forebearance,
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To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay - "Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them."
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To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed) - "Hold off baking until I get there."
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To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed) - "Hold off on baking until I get there."
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fight to a stand-off; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos back
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If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it. The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray They have threatened military action but held off until now
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If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you. Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown
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fight to a stand-off; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos back"
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wait before acting
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withstand, fight off; delay, postpone; keep at a distance; refrain from action
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A fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects - "The ladder holdoff enabled him to clean the gutters easily without the ladder's weight damaging them."
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A delay or forebearance - "There was a three-month holdoff in the decision."
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