Sentences with hold off
hold off
H h - The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray. [VERB PREPOSITION verb-ing]
- Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- He held off buying the house until prices fell slightly
- She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- To hold merchandise until called for; to hold a reservation.
- The preacher held them spellbound.
- The police held him at the station house.
- To hold a meeting.
- Fear held him from acting.
- To hold political office.
- This bottle holds a quart.
- We will hold you to your promise to pay back the money.
- We hold this belief.
- To hold a person responsible.
- We held her best of all the applicants.
- Enemy forces held the hill.
- He held a gun on the prisoner. The firefighter held a hose on the blaze.
- Give me a burger well-done—hold the pickle.
- Hold still while I take your picture.
- Will this button hold?
- To hold with new methods.
- To hold to one's purpose.
- The rule does not hold.
- Take hold. Do you have a hold on the rope?
- To put a hold on a library book.
- To have a hold on a person.
- A toe hold.
- A hold in the movements of a dance.
- A basket used as a hold for letters.
- Get hold of the railing.
- The project will be put on hold until funds become available.
- Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them.
- Hold off the decision one more day so I can answer your question. Hold off baking until I get there.
- Hold off on baking until I get there.