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Verb: hold off  hówld óf
  1. Resist and fight to a standoff
     
  2. Delay acting
    "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment";
    - wait, hold back

Derived forms: held off, holds off, holding off

Type of: act, dispute [archaic], hold out, move, resist, stand firm, withstand

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hold
hold back
hold close
hold dear
hold down
hold fast
hold firm
hold forth
hold in
hold it
hold off
hold on
hold one's own
hold open
hold out
hold over
hold still for
hold sway
hold the line
hold tight
hold up