hold off, v.
freq. cnt. 3
freq. cnt. 3
resist and fight to a standoff
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
hold off
sample sentences
"Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
wait before acting
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 49
hold back hold off wait
sample sentences
"the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
They %s to move
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
They %s a long time
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
They %s a long time