hold off

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verb

1. resist and fight to a standoff (Freq. 3)
- Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off
• Hypernyms:
resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. wait before acting
- the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment
• Syn:
wait, hold back
• Derivationally related forms:
wait (for: wait), waiter (for: wait)
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Hyponyms:
hold out, delay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- They hold off a long time