“the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment”
- Synonyms:
- hold back, wait
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hold out
wait uncompromisingly for something desirable
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delay
act later than planned, scheduled, or required
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hesitate, pause
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
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dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall
postpone doing what one should be doing
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procrastinate
postpone or delay needlessly
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defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table
hold back to a later time
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act, move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
