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.
See also: hold, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anong-Thai
Vikram-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Volodislavu-Medieval Slavic
Cyriacus-Late Roman
Kapil-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
BernhardBERN-hahrt (German)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic