on hold
Temporarily not proceeding
On hold describes something temporarily suspended or delayed, awaiting further action.
A project on hold has stopped but may resume.
When calling a business, being put on hold means waiting while connected but not yet speaking to anyone—often accompanied by music or recorded messages.
Let's put that idea on hold for now.
- pausedStopped temporarily
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- postponedMoved to a later date
- rescheduledAssigned a new time
- delayedMade to wait longer
abeyance · halted · awaiting · deferred · waitlist · limbo · shelved · tabled · suspended · hiatus · buffering · intermission · time out · backlog · busy signal · mothballed · waiting game · callback
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- sidelinedbenched, shelved, sidetracked, relegated, mothballed
- Idle Phrasesidle hands, twiddling thumbs, killing time, at rest, doing nothing
- patience phraseswait, just a minute, one moment, one second, in a moment
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
- delayeddelayed, postponed, deferred, suspended, paused
on holdactive
In operation now
in progress · underway · ongoing · proceeding · moving forward
on holdcanceled
Officially called off
terminated · completed · finished · ended · concluded
on holdconnected
Joined to another
on the line · live · through · speaking · on the air