Phrasal Verb: Hold off
Hold off
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Meaning: When bad weather doesn't appear
Example: The rain HELD OFF until we'd got back home.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
- Intransitive
Hold off
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Meaning: Stop someone from attacking or beating you
Example: Chelsea couldn't HOLD their opponents OFF and lost the game.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
- Separable [optional]
Other Phrasal Verbs
We have 18 phrasal verbs with 'HOLD'
- Hold against
- Hold back
- Hold back from
- Hold down
- Hold forth
- Hold off
- Hold on
- Hold on to
- Hold onto
- Hold out
- Hold out against
- Hold out for
- Hold out on
- Hold over
- Hold to
- Hold together
- Hold up
- Hold with