hold off doing

hold off (from) doing something

to avoid doing something; to postpone doing something. Can you hold off from buying a new car for another few months? I will hold off firing him until next week.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Clarice	klə-REES	English
Juliana	yuy-lee-AH-nah (Dutch), yoo-lee-AH-nah (German), joo-lee-AHN-ə (English)	Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Peder	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
ElÍSabet	-	Icelandic
Iago	ee-A-gaw (Welsh, Galician), ee-AH-go (English)	Welsh, Galician, Portuguese
Czcibor	-	Polish