holding off
Postponing for now
Holding off means delaying, postponing, or waiting before acting: We're holding off on the decision until next week.
It also means keeping something or someone at bay—resisting or fending off: The defenders held off the attack for three days.
I've been holding off buying a new car until prices drop.
- postponingRescheduling for later
- delayingCausing later occurrence
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- buying timeDelaying to gain advantage
- withholdingKeeping from another
resisting · defer · rain check · restraining · fending · stalling · playing for time · biding time · forbearance · suspending · procrastinating · at arm's length · self-control · abeyance · pausing · blocking · reprieving · tension
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- postponingdeferring, delaying, postponing, rescheduling, tabling
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
- waiting onserving, attending, assisting, catering, helping
holding offgoing ahead
Proceeding with something
jumping in · diving in · getting started · moving forward · taking action
holding offletting in
Allowing to enter
giving way · succumbing · surrendering · capitulating · caving in
holding offcommitting
Carrying out an act
going all in · taking the plunge · following through · deciding · pulling the trigger
hold, off, held, holder, holding, uphold, withhold, holds, behold