FAQs About the word holding off

阻止

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

抵挡,对立的,阻力,止战,背弃,回头,抵御(关闭),抵御,偏折的,反抗的

拥抱,欢迎,雹

holding forth => 坚持, holding down => 固定, holding back => 抑制, holding a brief for => 简要说明的持有者, holding (past) => 持有,