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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: holds off, holding off, held off

Type of: act, hold out, move, resist, stand firm, withstand