āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
hold off
/hËÉĘld ËÉf/
to hold off
[phrase form: hold]
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to resist defeat or unfavorable outcomes through defense or delay
Transitive: to hold off sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's innovative approach helped them hold off bankruptcy during the economic downturn.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύ⧠āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāύā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to refrain from taking immediate action
Transitive: to hold off an action | to hold off on an action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team chose to hold off the project launch until they had resolved the critical issues.
āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āϏā§āĻāύāĻž āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
(of storms or rains) to not begin for a period of time
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We were grateful that the storm held off until after we finished the hike.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻā§āϤāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϝ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
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