to put on hold
31hold someone's hand — hold hands or hold someone s hand to put your hand around someone else s hand She was holding hands with Mike. They all held hands and prayed. Hold my hand while we cross the road …
32hold a gun to someone's head — hold/put/a gun to someone’s head informal phrase to blackmail someone (=force them to do something by threatening to do something bad to them) Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do somethingsynonym …
33put aside — index abandon (relinquish), defer (put off), eliminate (exclude), except (exclude), exclude …
34hold back — index arrest (stop), avoid (evade), balk, clog, confine, constrain (restrain) …
35hold off — index cease, counter, defer (put off), doubt (hesitate), forbear, parry, pause …
36hold sth in check — hold/keep sth in check ► to put a limit on something so that it does not increase or become worse: »We must find ways of keeping our expenditure in check. Main Entry: ↑check …
37hold/keep sth in check — ► to put a limit on something so that it does not increase or become worse: »We must find ways of keeping our expenditure in check. Main Entry: ↑check …
38hold a gun to (someone's) head — hold/put a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to force someone to do what you want. Management are holding a gun to our heads. If we don t behave we ll lose our jobs …
39hold a gun to somebody's head — hold/put a gun to sb s ˈhead idiom to force sb to do sth that they do not want to do, by making threats Main entry: ↑gunidiom …
40put a stop to — index cease, check (restrain), clog, close (terminate), condemn (ban), constrain ( …
