All hold off synonyms

verb hold off

• disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• shelve — to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• avert — If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
• sidestep — to step to one side.
• bypass — If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
• shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• swerve — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
• veer — to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
• ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• bend — When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• pivot — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
• whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• scare — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• abide — to tolerate; put up with
• forgo — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• ponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• waffle — waffling language.
• waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
• falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• stumble — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
• dither — a trembling; vibration.
• freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
• mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.