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What is another word for
holding over
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Present participle for to save or delay for a later date
Present participle for to stay in the same place, position or level that one is presently occupying
Present participle for to make (someone or something) late or slow
Present participle for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something
Verb
▲
Present participle for to save or delay for a later date
delaying
deferring
postponing
adjourning
remitting
shelving
suspending
tabling
mothballing
respiting
putting in cold storage
putting on the back burner
taking a rain check on
holding in abeyance
holding up
putting back
putting off
laying over
putting on ice
putting over
holding off on
rescheduling
proroguing
holding off
pigeonholing
staying
putting on hold
laying on the table
continuing
stalling
putting aside
putting on back burner
holding
retarding
intermitting
interrupting
carrying over
keeping in abeyance
prolonging
protracting
procrastinating
setting aside
standing over
hanging fire
detaining
holding back
laying aside
extending
giving rain check
withholding
putting on the shelf
recessing
filing
prorogating
slowing
pausing
dismissing
hanging up
slowing up
putting off the evil day
putting off the evil hour
waiving
giving a rain check
putting in abeyance
putting to one side
sidelining
breaking off
doing later
reprieving
slowing down
setting back
temporizing
US
taking a raincheck
temporising
UK
putting something off
leaving to another time
tying up
freezing
checking
taking a break
taking a breather
calling it a day
taking a recess
taking five
suspending proceedings
taking a rain check
disbanding
inactivating
calling a halt to
staving off
counting out
ruling out
barring
impeding
hindering
forestaying
cooling it
obstructing
lengthening
blocking
putting on one side
parking
reserving
retaining
suppressing
hanging
cooling
containing
taking offline
stonewalling
avoiding
filibustering
taking a breather from
putting on a back burner
slowing pedal
keeping back
waiting
neglecting
leaving
renouncing
evading
resisting
putting into storage
decommissioning
packing away
perendinating
dallying
dawdling
reorganizing
US
reorganising
UK
changing the date
rearranging
rebooking
preventing
employing delaying tactics
buying time
wasting time
playing for time
kicking the can down the road
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“We will have to
hold over
the meeting until tomorrow.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stay in the same place, position or level that one is presently occupying
remaining
staying
tarrying
waiting
lingering
resting
sojourning
stopping
abiding
biding
dwelling
delaying
hanging
residing
squatting
bivouacing
bivouacking
bunking
clinging
hovering
inhabiting
living
lodging
nesting
overstaying
perching
roosting
hanging around
staying put
sticking around
hanging about
hanging out
hanging round
keeping on
making camp
staying behind
staying on
waiting around
hanging on
holding on
sitting tight
staying over
holding the fort
settling in
continuing
enduring
persisting
holding
lasting
loitering
prevailing
lying
standing
being
sticking
settling
surviving
stalling
awaiting
dallying
pausing
halting
lagging
outstaying
standbying
sweating it out
establishing oneself
establishing yourself
staying out
hanging back
putting down roots
remaining behind
keeping up
carrying on
clinging on
clinging to life
dying slowly
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make (someone or something) late or slow
delaying
retarding
impeding
hampering
hindering
obstructing
postponing
restraining
stalling
arresting
derailing
detaining
foiling
restricting
retardating
stymieing
thwarting
trammelling
trammeling
blocking
cramping
crippling
curbing
deferring
halting
hobbling
interrupting
pausing
preventing
protracting
repressing
withholding
crimping
cumbering
deterring
fettering
hamstringing
inhibiting
proroguing
remitting
shackling
shelving
slowing
stopping
barring
braking
checking
choking
clogging
confining
encumbering
frustrating
handcuffing
holding
intermitting
prolonging
holding back
holding up
putting off
setting back
slowing down
slowing up
bogging down
interfering with
keeping back
shutting down
shutting off
staving off
taking down
backing off
closing off
holding off on
putting back
choking off
making late
putting a brake on
getting in the way of
standing in the way of
bringing to screeching halt
hog-tying
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something
stalling
delaying
hesitating
procrastinating
dithering
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
tarrying
equivocating
hedging
deferring
stonewalling
filibustering
prevaricating
postponing
distracting
diverting
hanging back
holding back
hanging fire
playing for time
using delaying tactics
gaining time
buying time
dragging your feet
taking one's time
avoiding the issue
beating about the bush
beating around the bush
kicking the can down the road
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