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Verb hold-off has 2 senses
- hold off - fight to a stand-off; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos back"
--1 is one way to resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- wait, hold off, hold back - wait before acting
--2 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
They hold off a long time
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