hold
verb [I or T] (DELAY) /həʊld/
/hoʊld/ (held, held)Definition
› to wait, or to stop something temporarily: They've decided to hold all future deliveries until the invoice has been paid. How long can you hold your breath (= stop breathing)? Will you hold my calls for the next half hour please? She's on the phone at the moment - will you hold (the line) (= wait on the phone until she can speak to you)?Delaying and wasting time
(Definition of hold verb (DELAY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ado noun
- be on ice idiom
- buy time idiom
- carry sth over phrasal verb
- dally verb
- dilly-dally verb
- get behind phrasal verb
- hang/hold fire idiom
- hold off phrasal verb (RAIN/STORM)
- hold on phrasal verb (WAIT)
- hold sb/sth back phrasal verb (STOP DEVELOPMENT)
- mothball verb
- pigeonhole verb
- procrastinate verb
- put sth back phrasal verb (DELAY)
- put sth off phrasal verb
- retard verb
- retardation noun
- wait sth for sb phrasal verb
- wait verb
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