hold off

hold off idiom
  1. Keep at a distance, resist, delay, as in This payment should hold off the creditors. [Early 1400]
  2. Stop or delay from action, as in Let's hold off until we know more. [c. 1600]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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