hold off in English

withstand, fight off; delay, postpone; keep at a distance; refrain from actio

Use "hold off" in a sentence

1. Hold off making your decision until Monday.

2. Mary tends to hold off from people.

3. She always likes to hold off for rent.

4. Will the rain hold off until after the game?

5. But Mr Walesa will not hold off for ever.

6. Could you hold off your decision until next week?

7. Let's hold off on the press conference until tomorrow.

8. However, Zhu Gaochi was able to hold off the attacks.

9. Why does Jehovah sometimes hold off from rescuing us from adversities?

10. Tatum scores 39, Celtics hold off Clippers 141-133 in 2OT

11. We must be ready to hold off the coming storm's attack.

12. Could you hold off making your decision for a few days?

13. A new defensive technique could hold off attackers by making software Buggier

14. He had to keep dazzling the crowds to hold off his detractors.

15. Fans watch Anxiously as Drake tries to hold off USC KCCI Des Moines

16. I figured that I could hold off until Dig's guys got into position.

17. If I was in their shoes I'd hold off a couple of days.

18. The board of directors will hold off making a decision until next Wednesday.

19. How much longer will the resistance fighters be able to hold off the enemy?

20. The bunkers were built on the cliffs to hold off the enemy's landing forces.

21. Bosses hold off on pay COMPANY bosses are leading by example on pay restraint.

22. We could get a new computer now or hold off until prices are lower.

23. Square on his feet, Jos looked as though he could hold off a steamroller.

24. We were going to hold off for prom, but we just got carried away.

25. It was clearly a case of workers trying to use union muscle to hold off reality.

26. He asks her please to hold off on any action until he can review the situation personally.

27. The football match had to hold off for about half an hour because of a driving rain.

28. Asters are among the great garden plants because most hold off blooming until many other plants are spent

29. North Americans often hold off a certain distance in conversation, which is about 21 inches apart found by studies.

30. I won't have to understand what has occurred if I hold off from consciously realizing that it has happened.

31. When I first tried to envision this tiny woman trying to hold off a mob of angry right-wingers, I almost laughed.

32. 94 reviews of Bonobo "I'm tempted to dock a star, after some more visits, including eating in, but I'll hold off

33. After all of the bridges over the Maas River were destroyed, the only task that remained was to hold off the Germans as long as they could.

34. 22 For YOUR own sakes, hold off from the earthling man, whose breath* is in his nostrils,+ for on what basis is he himself to be taken into account?

35. McCollum, Blazers hold off short-handed Heat, 125-122 — Damian Lillard made three free throws with one second remaining for the final margin, and the Portland Trail Blazers survived a wild

36. For your own sakes, hold off from the earthling man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for on what basis is he himself to be taken into account?” —Isaiah 2:19-22.

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39. Explaining his decision to hold off on Blurbing for the next couple of years, Franzen says, “I thought, either I’m getting to be an old softie, or people are writing good novels.” Franzen believes it’s the latter, but nonetheless, he found himself reading just to blurb rather than for his own projects.