" hold off "

1: as in fight, resist;

•  Synonyms : 

•  defy,

•  fight,

•  oppose,

•  resist,

•  stand off,

•  withstand,

•  beat off,

•  fend (off),

•  rebut,

•  repel,

•  repulse,

•  stave off,

•  turn away,

•  turn back,

•  deflect,

•  ward (off),

•  rebuff,

•  snub,

•  spurn

•  Antonyms : 

•  embrace,

•  hail,

•  welcome

2: as in put off, reserve;

•  Synonyms : 

•  defer,

•  postpone,

•  put off,

•  reserve,

•  shelve,

•  table,

•  break off,

•  disband,

•  discontinue,

•  disperse,

•  intermit,

•  interrupt,

•  dissolve,

•  end,

•  halt,

•  stop,

•  terminate,

•  adjourn,

•  prorogate,

•  prorogue,

•  recess,

•  suspend,

•  break up,

•  close,

•  conclude,

•  wind up,

•  wrap up,

•  abort,

•  call,

•  call off,

•  drop,

•  recall,

•  repeal,

•  rescind,

•  revoke,

•  abrogate,

•  annul,

•  invalidate,

•  negate,

•  nullify,

•  quash,

•  void

•  Antonyms : 

•  inaugurate,

•  launch,

•  open,

•  carry on,

•  continue,

•  draw out,

•  extend,

•  proceed,

•  prolong,

•  renew,

•  reopen,

•  resume,

•  assemble,

•  call,

•  convene,

•  convoke,

•  muster,

•  rally,

•  summon

1: to assign to a later time;

  * e.g., " ... we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along "

•  Synonyms : 

•  defer,

•  delay,

•  hold over,

•  hold up,

•  lay over,

•  postpone,

•  put off,

•  put over,

•  remit,

•  shelve

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)