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hold off

verb

  1. tr to keep apart or at a distance
  2. introften foll byfrom to refrain (from doing something)

    he held off buying the house until prices fell slightly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Dink retired with him into the bedroom, and received his hold-off in a few matter-of-fact sentences.

McCarthy's hold-off was renewed each time, but the election did not arrive.

You can save me if you like, or you can hold-off and let me go to prison.

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