mesafe koymak

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Turkish - English
hold off
To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed)

Hold off baking until I get there.

To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed)

Hold off on baking until I get there.

To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay

Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them.

If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it. The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray They have threatened military action but held off until now
withstand, fight off; delay, postpone; keep at a distance; refrain from action
fight to a stand-off; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos back"
If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you. Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown
wait before acting
fight to a stand-off; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos back

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mesafe koyma
aloofness