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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

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 offsetting our house until our youngest child moved out.

You'd better hold off accusing Mike until you're 100 percent sure.

1. hold ... off p.v. When you hold off an attack, you prevent the attacker from get­ting close to you or from winning the fight. If you hold off a competitor, you prevent the competitor from winning.

The enemy was so strong that there was no way to hold them off.

The champion held off the challenger and won the game.