hold off from (doing something)
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To avoid doing something or wait to do something. Hey, hold off from starting the project until I get these questions answered by the boss.
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hold off (from) doing something
to avoid doing something; to postpone doing something. Can you hold off from buying a new car for another few months? I will hold off firing him until next week.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.