Synonyms for hold off
hold off

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1. hold off

   Synonyms:
   avoid, hold aloof, keep aloof, keep away, keep clear, keep out, let alone, let be, retire, stand aside, stand away, stand back, stand off, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   arbitrate, intercede, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interpose, interrupt, meddle, mediate

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1. hold offverb

   resist and fight to a standoff

   "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

   Synonyms:
   hold back, wait

2. wait, hold off, hold backverb

   wait before acting

   "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

   Synonyms:
   await, waitress, hold in, keep, restrain, hold back, hold, look, check, conceal, retain, contain, keep back, forbear, wait, stop, expect, arrest, turn back

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1. Mohamed El-Erian:

   The Fed's decision to hold off on a rate hike reflects the extent to which it is worried about further destabilization in global financial condition spilling back and undermining the U.S. recovery, they are reluctant to add to international financial fragility - and they wish to limit adverse spillback to the U.S. economy.

2. Sergeant Trent Crump:

   It has been seven days since the incident and we didn't want to hold off on releasing the name any longer, he's now had time to mitigate any threats he might receive.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   Some people in this country are going to be able to have a relatively normal type of a Thanksgiving, but in other areas of the country, it's going to be,' You better hold off and maybe just have immediate family, and make sure you do it in a way that people wear masks, and you don't have large crowds of people,' what we're starting to see now -- and we can't run away from it -- we're starting to see in the Midwest and the Northwest, an uptick in test positivity, which tends to be a predictor that you're going to have surges.

4. Glenn Selig:

   It would be wise for TLC to cancel the show at this point rather than hold off on making that decision, sexual abuse is a tough matter to overcome.

5. Joshua Duitz:

   The day was a good commercial or infomercial for Brazil. Rousseff was saying the right things. However, the next step is to see what they implement... I'm mildly optimistic on Brazil after listening today, but I'll hold off on my final judgment for now, as an investor, if the new infrastructure projects actual rate of returns match up with investors' expectations that will tell me they are serious about utilizing the private sector to invest in infrastructure projects.