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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. resist and fight to a standoff;
- Example: "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

2. wait before acting;
- Example: "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
[syn: wait, hold off, hold back]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hold off
    v 1: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a
         lead to hold the Broncos off"
    2: wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their
       results until they repeated the experiment" [syn: wait,
       hold off, hold back]