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put on hold
verb as in defer
verb as in pause
verb as in pigeonhole
verb as in postpone
Strong matches
verb as in protract
verb as in recess
verb as in remain
Strong matches
verb as in shelve
verb as in sit tight
verb as in stymie
Strong matches
verb as in suspend
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in table
Weak matches
- hold off
- hold up
- put aside
- put forward
- put on back burner
- put on ice
- put on the shelf
verb as in wait
Example Sentences
Proposed new federal rules that would include mandatory federal immigration status checks, limiting the duration of the license and limiting eligibility to certain immigration visas, were temporarily put on hold by a federal appeals court this week.
He now has competition from Joe Hawkins, now with Scarlets after a spell at Exeter led to his international career being put on hold.
That offers the possibility that any hiring that had been put on hold this year will soon resume.
Most were put on hold amid the resulting global financial panic.
Letby was redeployed to non-clinical duties but had been due to return to the unit when the move was put on hold as hospital chiefs contacted police in May 2017 to ask them to investigate a higher than expected number of deaths.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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