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hold off
verb
- tr to keep apart or at a distance
- introften foll byfrom to refrain (from doing something)
he held off buying the house until prices fell slightly
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Dink retired with him into the bedroom, and received his hold-off in a few matter-of-fact sentences.
From Project Gutenberg
McCarthy's hold-off was renewed each time, but the election did not arrive.
From Project Gutenberg
You can save me if you like, or you can hold-off and let me go to prison.
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