put on hold

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• delay
• extend
• hold up
• postpone
• prolong
• set aside
• shelve
• stall
• suspend
• waive

Strong matches

• block
• detain
• hinder
• impede
• intermit
• lengthen
• obstruct
• procrastinate
• prorogue
• protract
• remit
• retard
• slow
• stay
• table

Weak matches

• give rain check
• hang fire
• lay over
• put on back burner
• put on ice

Strongest matches

• hesitate
• interrupt
• shake
• waver

Strong matches

• cease
• deliberate
• desist
• discontinue
• drop
• halt
• reflect
• rest
• sideline
• suspend

Weak matches

• break it up
• call time
• catch one's breath
• come to standstill
• hold back
• stop briefly
• take a break
• take a breather
• take five
• take ten
• think twice

Strong matches

• assort
• class
• classify
• defer
• delay
• dismiss
• file
• group
• hold
• label
• peg
• postpone
• rank
• sideline
• sort
• tab
• table

Weak matches

• hold off
• hold up
• lay aside
• put aside
• put down as
• put off
• put on ice
• put on the back burner
• type cast

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• defer
• delay
• hold up
• shelve
• suspend

Strong matches

• pigeonhole
• prorogue
• table

Weak matches

• carry forward
• carry over
• cool it
• give a rain check
• hang fire
• hold off
• hold over
• lay over
• put back
• put on back burner

Strongest matches

• prolong
• put off

Strong matches

• continue
• cool
• defer
• delay
• draw
• elongate
• lengthen
• pad
• postpone
• procrastinate
• stall
• stretch

Weak matches

• drag on
• drag out
• hold off
• hold up
• keep going
• prolongate
• spin out
• stretch out

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• break off
• break up
• dissolve
• terminate

Strong matches

• drop
• pigeonhole
• prorogue
• rise
• shake
• sideline

Weak matches

• call time
• drop it
• prorogate
• take a break
• take a breather
• take five
• take ten

Strongest matches

• continue
• endure
• go on
• hover
• last
• linger
• live
• persist
• prevail
• stand
• stop
• survive
• wait

Strong matches

• abide
• bide
• bivouac
• bunk
• cling
• delay
• dwell
• freeze
• halt
• hang
• inhabit
• lodge
• nest
• outlast
• outlive
• pause
• perch
• reside
• rest
• roost
• sojourn
• squat
• tarry
• visit

Weak matches

• be left
• hang out
• hold over
• hold the fort
• keep on
• make camp
• remain standing
• sit out
• sit through
• sit tight
• stay behind
• stay in
• stay over
• stay put
• stick around

Strongest matches

• freeze
• give up
• mothball
• prolong
• put off
• suspend
• waive

Strong matches

• delay
• dismiss
• drop
• hold
• pigeonhole
• prorogue
• scrub
• sideline
• stay
• table

Weak matches

• hang up
• hold off
• hold over
• hold up
• lay aside
• put aside
• put on back burner
• put on ice
• slow up
• tie up

Strongest match

• stick around

Weak matches

• anticipate
• bide one's time
• cool it
• fill time
• hang around
• hang out
• hold on
• hold the phone
• keep your shirt on
• lie in wait
• lie low
• linger
• mark time
• stall
• stand by
• stay put

Strongest matches

• choke off
• crimp
• foil
• impede
• obstruct
• stall
• stonewall
• thwart

Strong matches

• balk
• block
• confound
• corner
• crab
• cramp
• defeat
• mystify
• nonplus
• pigeonhole
• prevent
• puzzle
• shelve
• snooker
• stump

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• cut off
• dead-end
• give the runaround
• hang fire
• hang-up
• hold off
• hold up
• put on back burner
• throw a monkey wrench into

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• arrest
• bar
• cease
• defer
• discontinue
• eject
• exclude
• file
• halt
• interrupt
• postpone
• put off
• reject
• rule out
• shelve
• stay
• waive
• withhold

Strong matches

• can
• check
• debar
• eliminate
• hang
• inactivate
• intermit
• omit
• pigeonhole
• procrastinate
• prorogue
• protract
• retard

Weak matches

• break up
• count out
• cut short
• hang fire
• hang up
• hold up
• lay aside
• lay off
• lay on the table
• lay over
• pink slip
• put a stop to
• put an end to
• put on back burner
• put on ice
• put on the shelf
• stave off

Strongest matches

• defer
• propose
• put off
• shelve
• submit
• suggest

Strong matches

• cool
• delay
• enter
• hang
• move
• pigeonhole

Weak matches

• hold off
• hold up
• put aside
• put forward
• put on back burner
• put on ice
• put on the shelf

Strongest matches

• await
• delay
• expect
• hang
• linger
• remain
• stand by
• stay
• stick around
• watch

Strong matches

• abide
• anticipate
• bide
• dally
• foresee
• stall
• tarry

Weak matches

• bide one's time
• cool it
• fill time
• hang around
• hang onto your hat
• hang out
• hold back
• hold everything
• hold on
• hold the phone
• hole up
• keep shirt on
• lie in wait
• lie low
• look for
• look forward to
• mark time
• save it
• sit tight
• sit up for
• stay up for
• sweat it