to put something on hold
31put 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 …
32hold 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 …
33hold/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 …
34hold out — verb 1. thrust or extend out (Freq. 5) He held out his hand point a finger extend a hand the bee exserted its sting • Syn: ↑exsert, ↑stretch out, ↑put out …
35hold on — verb 1. hold firmly (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑grasp • Derivationally related forms: ↑grasp (for: ↑grasp), ↑grasping (for: ↑ …
36put out — verb 1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to (Freq. 2) Sorry to trouble you, but... • Syn: ↑trouble, ↑inconvenience, ↑disoblige, ↑discommode, ↑incommode, ↑bother …
37hold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grasp, clutch, grip; tenure, possession; control, influence, domination; ownership, keeping; anchor, rein. v. have, occupy, retain, own, possess; restrain, repress, control, pinion, curb; check, stop …
38hold something over — POSTPONE, put off, put back, delay, defer, suspend, shelve, hold in abeyance; N. Amer. put over, table, take a rain check on; informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage, mothball. → hold …
39hold down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hold down : present tense I/you/we/they hold down he/she/it holds down present participle holding down past tense held down past participle held down 1) to hold someone who is lying down, so that they cannot… …
40hold someone/something dear — CHERISH, treasure, prize, appreciate, value highly, care for/about, set great store by; informal put on a pedestal. → hold * * * care for or value someone or something greatly fidelity is something most of us hold dear …
