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Hold off – Crossword Clue

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Hold off.

Clue Length Answer
Hold off3 lettersshy
  1. Definition: 1. start suddenly, as from fright

Hold off4 letterssnub
  1. Definition: 1. reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

Hold off4 lettersstop
  1. Definition: 1. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;

Hold off4 lettersstay
  1. Definition: 1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

Hold off4 lettersstem
  1. Definition: 1. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Hold off4 letterssave
  1. Definition: 1. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring;

Hold off5 lettersquail
  1. Definition: 1. small gallinaceous game birds

Hold off5 letterstable
  1. Definition: 1. arrange or enter in tabular form

Hold off5 lettersrebut
  1. Definition: 1. prove to be false or incorrect

Hold off5 lettersdefer
  1. Definition: 1. yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"

Hold off5 letterswaive
  1. Definition: 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

Hold off5 lettersremit
  1. Definition: 1. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

Hold off5 lettersspurn
  1. Definition: 1. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

Hold off5 lettersspare
  1. Definition: 1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

Hold off5 letterscease
  1. Definition: 1. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

Hold off5 lettersdelay
  1. Definition: 1. cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

Hold off5 lettersstall
  1. Definition: 1. deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

Hold off5 lettersdeter
  1. Definition: 1. turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

Hold off5 letterswince
  1. Definition: 1. make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

Hold off5 letterswaver
  1. Definition: 1. the act of moving back and forth

Hold off5 lettersrepel
  1. Definition: 1. reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

Hold off5 lettersstave
  1. Definition: 1. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

Hold off6 lettersshrink
  1. Definition: 1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Hold off6 lettersrecess
  1. Definition: 1. close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

Hold off6 lettersrecoil
  1. Definition: 1. spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"

Hold off6 lettersrefuse
  1. Definition: 1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Hold off6 lettersrebuff
  1. Definition: 1. reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

Hold off6 lettersstrain
  1. Definition: 1. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;

Hold off6 lettersshelve
  1. Definition: 1. place on a shelf; "shelve books"

Hold off7 lettersrepulse
  1. Definition: 1. force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

Hold off7 lettersrefrain
  1. Definition: 1. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

Hold off7 lettersprolong
  1. Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

Hold off7 letterssuspend
  1. Definition: 1. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

Hold off7 lettersreserve
  1. Definition: 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Hold off7 lettersscruple
  1. Definition: 1. an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

Hold off7 lettersstickle
  1. Definition: 1. dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

Hold off8 letterssend-off

    Hold off8 lettersrestrain
    1. Definition: 1. place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Hold off8 lettersput-back

      Hold off8 lettersprotract
      1. Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

      Hold off8 lettersward-off

        Hold off8 letterssleep-on

          Hold off8 lettersstick-at

            Hold off8 lettersslowness

              Hold off8 letterspostpone
              1. Definition: 1. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

              Hold off8 lettersput-over

                Hold off9 lettersput-aside

                  Hold off9 letterspush-back

                    Hold off9 letterspull-back

                      Hold off9 lettersset-aside

                        Hold off9 letterssend-away

                          Hold off9 letterstemporize

                            Hold off9 lettersturn-back

                              Hold off9 lettersstave-off

                                Hold off9 letterskeepatbay

                                  Hold off10 lettersturn-aside

                                    Hold off10 lettersstand-over

                                      Hold off10 letterspush-aside

                                        Hold off11 lettersstretch-out

                                          Hold off11 lettersthrust-back

                                            Hold off13 lettersprocrastinate
                                            1. Definition: 1. postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

                                            Hold off15 lettersprocrastination
                                            1. Definition: 1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

                                            Hold off15 letterskeepatadistance



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