FAQs About the word holding off

Retenir

to defer action on, to block from an objective, to keep away, to defer or temporarily stop doing something, postpone, delay, to fight to a standoff

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Embrassant,accueillant,grêle

holding forth => Tenant, holding down => tenir appuyé, holding back => retenir, holding a brief for => tenant un mémoire pour, holding (past) => tenir,