Hold off has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
resist and fight to a standoff
"Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
2
wait before acting
"the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
3
To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
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