All hold over synonyms

verb hold over

• duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• shelve — to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• prolong — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• reschedule — to schedule for another or later time: to reschedule a baseball game because of rain.
• hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
• go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• live — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
• last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
• prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
• survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• recite — to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
• rehash — to work up (old material) in a new form.
• reiterate — to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
• echo — a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
• renew — to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
• restate — to state again or in a new way.
• replay — to play again, as a record or tape.
• preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• retrieve — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
• liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• release — to lease again.
• recover — to cover again or anew.
• salvage — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.