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" If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog."
Shaun White

Meaning of "hold off" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HOLD OFF

hold off


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLD OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hold off is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hold off in English.

WHAT DOES HOLD OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hold off in the English dictionary

The definition of hold off in the dictionary is to keep apart or at a distance. Other definition of hold off is often foll by from to refrain.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOLD OFF

PRESENT

Present
I hold off
you hold off
he/she/it holds off
we hold off
you hold off
they hold off
Present continuous
I am holding off
you are holding off
he/she/it is holding off
we are holding off
you are holding off
they are holding off
Present perfect
I have held off
you have held off
he/she/it has held off
we have held off
you have held off
they have held off
Present perfect continuous
I have been holding off
you have been holding off
he/she/it has been holding off
we have been holding off
you have been holding off
they have been holding off
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I held off
you held off
he/she/it held off
we held off
you held off
they held off
Past continuous
I was holding off
you were holding off
he/she/it was holding off
we were holding off
you were holding off
they were holding off
Past perfect
I had held off
you had held off
he/she/it had held off
we had held off
you had held off
they had held off
Past perfect continuous
I had been holding off
you had been holding off
he/she/it had been holding off
we had been holding off
you had been holding off
they had been holding off
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hold off
you will hold off
he/she/it will hold off
we will hold off
you will hold off
they will hold off
Future continuous
I will be holding off
you will be holding off
he/she/it will be holding off
we will be holding off
you will be holding off
they will be holding off
Future perfect
I will have held off
you will have held off
he/she/it will have held off
we will have held off
you will have held off
they will have held off
Future perfect continuous
I will have been holding off
you will have been holding off
he/she/it will have been holding off
we will have been holding off
you will have been holding off
they will have been holding off
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hold off
you would hold off
he/she/it would hold off
we would hold off
you would hold off
they would hold off
Conditional continuous
I would be holding off
you would be holding off
he/she/it would be holding off
we would be holding off
you would be holding off
they would be holding off
Conditional perfect
I would have hold off
you would have hold off
he/she/it would have hold off
we would have hold off
you would have hold off
they would have hold off
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been holding off
you would have been holding off
he/she/it would have been holding off
we would have been holding off
you would have been holding off
they would have been holding off
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hold off
we let´s hold off
you hold off
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hold off
Past participle
held off
Present Participle
holding off
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOLD OFF

hold back · hold court · hold down · hold for · hold forth · hold in · hold it! · hold on · hold on like grim death · hold one´s breath · hold one´s hand · hold one´s head high · hold one´s horses · hold one´s own · hold one´s peace · hold one´s tongue · hold out · hold out for · hold out on · hold over

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLD OFF

bad off · bite someone´s head off · brassed off · browned off · cheesed off · cut off · hacked off · head off · lead off · nod off · on and off · one´s head off · pissed off · rained off · round off · sod off · sound off · take the lid off · turn off · ward off

Synonyms and antonyms of hold off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOLD OFF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hold off» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «hold off» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HOLD OFF

Find out the translation of hold off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hold off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hold off» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

暂缓
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

mantener a raya
570 millions of speakers
en

English

hold off
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बंद का आयोजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأجيل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

удержать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

adiar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ রাখা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

éloigner
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tahan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

warten
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

延期
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

보류
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Terus mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để cách xa
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நிறுத்துங்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बंद
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Durmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

trattenere
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

trzymać się
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

втримати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

dețină în afara
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρατήσει μακριά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hou af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hålla bort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hold av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hold off

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLD OFF»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of hold off
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hold off

EXAMPLES

6 QUOTES WITH «HOLD OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hold off.
1
Greg van Eekhout
There's a certain amount of world-building that I hold off on until I need it for the story. World building in advance isn't really my thing, maybe because I didn't grow up playing RPG's.
2
Warren Farrell
When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
3
Hugh Howey
I'd rather excite the imagination of a legion of readers and make pennies from each of them than hold off for a larger chunk of change from only a handful of fans.
4
Adam Hughes
'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.
5
Sanjay Kumar
So in 2000, when we changed the business model and started really focusing on that triangle and putting the customer in the center, we decided we should hold off - we've done enough consolidation; we've got enough critical mass.
6
Shaun White
If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLD OFF»

Discover the use of hold off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hold off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sex Smart: 501 Reasons to Hold Off on Sex
Provides straightforward answers to questions teens have about sex, relationships, dating, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Susan Browning Pogany, 1998
2
Optical Networking Standards: A Comprehensive Guide for ...
To prevent this state, a hold-off timer is used. This allows the innermost protection switching to operate first and to restore traffic before the outermost protection switching is activated. Hold-off timers provide the means to limit unnecessary ...
Khurram Kazi, 2007
3
Heavy Duty Truck Systems
A service brake priority system ensured that the service brake reservoir on the trailer would fill with air before the hold-off chambers of the spring brakes were charged to release the parking brakes. This resulted in a delay when hooking up to a ...
Sean Bennett, 2010
4
How to Keep Your Muscle Car Alive
The hold-off valve also reduces wear on the front brake pads by using the rears more effectively under light braking. A defective hold-off valve will cause unusually short front pad life, especially if you spend time in stop-and-go traffic. Finally ...
Harvey White, Jr.
5
Security Systems and Intruder Alarms
When self-activated, the bell is stopped by reapplying the hold-off voltage. If this ceased because of damage to the wiring or the power supply it may take some time to restore. However, the on-board battery capacity is limited to less than an ...
Vivian Capel, 1999
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... warden, watchdog keeping n 1 syn CUSTODY, care, guardianship, safekeeping, trust, ward 2 syn PRESERVATION 1, conservation, safekeeping, salvation, saving, sustentation keep off vb syn FEND (off), hold off, rebuff, rebut, repel, repulse, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
You're putting too much pepper in the stew. usage: usually used as an order, as in the example hold off (sth), also hold (sth) off to delay something ♢ They're hoping to hold off surgery until he's stronger. * I hope the rain holds off until we get ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
8
Oscilloscopes: How to Use Them, how They Work
Of course it involves making an extra connection between the oscilloscope and the circuit under test, but even this minor inconvenience can be avoided if the scope has a trigger hold-off control. Trigger hold-off was mentioned in Chapter 3 and ...
Ian Hickman, 2001
9
The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
Betty's really angry about it, and that goes for me, too. hold off hold off & holds off holding off held off held off 1 . hold off p.v. When you hold off or hold off doing something, you delay doing it. / held off selling our house until our youngest child  ...
Carl W. Hart, 2009
10
Sensors and Microsystems: Proceedings of the 8th Italian ...
Voltage wavefonn measured at the IN node (SPAD's cathode) of the iAQC with minimal hold-off time; the fast active quench and reset transitions allow for a maximum saturated counting rate of 20Mcps. As discussed in Section 2, the WIDTH ...
‎2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLD OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hold off is used in the context of the following news items.
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CAZA, Marineland want province to hold off on new marine animal …
NIAGARA FALLS — Marineland is hoping the province will hold off on implementing guidelines for the care of cetaceans in captivity until after a ... «Niagarathisweek.com, Jul 15»
2
Wizards hold off late rally to beat the Jazz, 86-78 in Vegas Summer …
Scott Machado #14 of the Washington Wizards shoots the ball against the Utah Jazz during the 2015 NBA Las Vegas Summer League game ... «Bullets Forever, Jul 15»
3
Hold off on calling Joey Bosa's 5-star little brother, Nick, a Buckeye …
They might want to hold off on those predictions. That's the younger Bosa, on the left, next to his high school teammate and Florida quarterback ... «USA TODAY High School Sports, Jul 15»
4
Bryce Harper Expected to Hold Off Until 2018 Home Run Derby …
Bryce Harper Expects to Skip Next Two Home Run Derbies, Hold Off for Nats Park in 2018. by Chris Lingebach July 15, 2015 11:01 AM. View Comments. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Lafourche debates whether to hold off spending BP money …
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - Before the money is even in hand, the Lafourche Parish Council has started debating how to manage the $8.2 million ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
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National 11-12 All-Stars hold off Jefferson County - Ottumwa Courier …
National 11-12 shortstop Braydon Sly making a play Wednesday night against Jefferson County. Ottumwa National held on to defeat Jefferson ... «Ottumwacourier, Jul 15»
7
Jackson commissioners hold off on cell tower vote following public …
jackson Though commissioners were scheduled to vote on whether to adopt a new set of rules for cell towers in the county last week, they ... «Smoky Mountain News, Jul 15»
8
Bend 2030 to City Council: Hold off on gas tax measure | News - Home
Bend 2030 has released the results of a recent online community survey on transportation and said it will urge city councilors Wednesday night ... «KTVZ, Jul 15»
9
Hold Off On Harvesting Produce After Rains/Irrigation
Hold Off On Harvesting Produce After Rains/Irrigation. By Ray Baynton on July 15, 2015 10:01am. Vegetable Market. Produce farmers are being encouraged to ... «BlackburnNews.com, Jul 15»
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Hoeg no-hits Clarksville; Rebels hold off BCLUW - Times Republican
TRAER - North Tama sophomore Cameron Hoeg struck out 18 batters amid his no-hitter, leading the Redhawks to a Class 1A District 5 ... «Marshalltown Times Republican, Jul 15»
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