hold off
抵制,搁置,拖住,隐瞒
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Definitions
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- : to keep apart or at a distance
- : to refrainhe held off buying the house until prices fell slightly
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Examples
Blacks would hold about 13 percent of the seats and Latinos 17 percent.
Tomorrow they should hold placards of the cartoons Charlie Hebdo had printed.
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.
Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.