hold off
hold
hoƊld
howld
off
ɔf
awf
/hˈəʊld ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hold off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to hold off
[phrase form: hold]
01

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to resist defeat or unfavorable outcomes through defense or delay
Transitive: to hold off sb/sth
to hold off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's innovative approach helped them hold off bankruptcy during the economic downturn.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to refrain from taking immediate action
Transitive: to hold off an action | to hold off on an action
to hold off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team chose to hold off the project launch until they had resolved the critical issues.
āϟāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of storms or rains) to not begin for a period of time
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We were grateful that the storm held off until after we finished the hike.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻœā§āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ