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Meanings of
hold off
in English
Portuguese
aguardar
Spanish
esperar
Back to the meaning
Wait before acting.
wait
hold back
Portuguese
aguardar
Usage of
hold off
in English
1
Political uncertainty will make foreign investors
hold
off
from buying Japanese stocks.
2
Together, Baze thought, they could
hold
off
the Imperials for several minutes.
3
The Johnson family will
hold
off
on any legal measure until then.
4
Germany's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it would
hold
off
on signing.
5
A protein-rich breakfast will likely
hold
off
their hunger until snack time.
6
But you must drink again right away to
hold
off
the heebie-jeebies.
7
So yes, that Lisa looks tempting but Barry plans to
hold
off
.
8
You might want to
hold
off
initiating any serious talks for now!
9
They will get restless if we
hold
off
too long, another added.
10
But let's
hold
off
on the characterization for a while, Bublanski said.
11
He reached Vlad, his hand still raised to
hold
off
the arrows.
12
And lucky that I had been able to
hold
off
the Hork-bajir.
13
It might be wise to
hold
off
for a couple of days!
14
All he told me was to
hold
off
on the Center project.
15
There's a chance the Fed may
hold
off
on making the adjustment.
16
You want us to stay out here and
hold
off
the posses?
Other examples for "hold off"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
hold
off
hold
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
hold off
Portuguese
aguardar
reter
esperar
Spanish
esperar
Hold off
through the time
Hold off
across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
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