Examples of 'hold off' in a sentence
Meaning of "hold off"
This phrase means to postpone or delay taking action or making a decision until a later time
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- To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
- To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
How to use "hold off" in a sentence
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I will hold off on lighting the candles.
Four men could hold off an army.
Hold off for as long as you can.
I want you to hold off redeeming her.
Hold off on the car for a minute.
You must hold off your attack.
Hold off on the bombings for a while.
I can not hold off an entire army.
Hold off on the claymores as long as we can.
We may have to hold off on the gutting.
Hold off on giving me keys to the city.
They want to hold off the future.
Hold off on burning my body for now.
Maybe we should hold off on tennis saturday.
Hold off for the time being.
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I need you to hold off on that exfil.
So hold off with the barking a bit.
I think we will hold off on his request.
But hold off on the conspiracy theories.
Maybe we can hold off for a bit.
Hold off long enough to make a deal.
I want you to hold off on it for a while.
Hold off on making a statement for now.
Two men could hold off a battalion.
I think that we might want to hold off.
I will hold off reporting the incident.
I am just asking you to hold off judgment.
We shall hold off ze attack until dawn.
I am thinking maybe we should hold off on that.
Just hold off on the drugs claim.
We were hoping we could hold off on cardiac repairs.
Now hold off till she steadies.
They can not hold off forever.
Just hold off on it for a couple of days.
This one is to hold off the driver.
You have to get them to hold off.
Let us hold off on redirect until morning.
You might want to hold off on that.
I would hold off on the maternity underwear.
You may want to hold off on that.
I can hold off creditors for months.
We should be okay if we can hold off these.
We should hold off for a little while.
You are gonna have to hold off on that.
I will hold off on the paella then.
I will just fake it to hold off creditors.
I shall hold off the victor in battle.
I will tell them to hold off.
I would hold off filing it just yet.
Maybe you should hold off.
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