hold that thought
Don't forget it
Hold that thought is a request to pause a conversation with the intention of resuming it: Hold that thought—I need to take this call.
It signals that what someone was saying matters and shouldn't be forgotten, even though circumstances require a temporary interruption.
The phrase can also politely defer a topic: Hold that thought until everyone's here.
- hang onWait or persist
- one momentRequest for patience
- waitDelay until later
- hushAbsence of sound
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
hit pause · silence · reflect · discussion · deferment · postponement · attention · finger · verbal cues · sidebar · back-burner · come back to · sequencing · ponder · consider · active listening · contemplate · interruption
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- distractionsdistraction, digression, tangent, sidetrack, diversion
hold that thoughtgo on
Continue doing something
continue · keep going · go ahead · carry on · tell me more
hold that thoughtforget it
Dismissive phrase ending discussion
never mind · drop it · forget about it · let it go · scratch that
hold, holds, holding, holder, holders, holdings, behold, beholden, beholder