HELD OFF Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

held off

verb

past tense of hold off

as in turned back

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as in put off

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Verb

The fire turned back into California late Thursday morning, burning in Lassen County just above the Sierra County line, fire maps showed.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Eventually, Guccione turned back on his stadium microphone and announced the run would count, leading to further boos.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of turned back

Verb

Multiple donors who gave thousands of dollars to Cornyn's campaign told ABC News that they were put off by Paxton's history of controversies and scandals.

— Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
City have looked for replacements in the market and had considered Pedro Neto from Chelsea, but were put off by the price tag.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of put off

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Hugo Lloris turned away one shot for LAFC (10-6-4), which had piled up 11 goals in its previous four matches.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Your building staff has been instructed to refuse entry to City inspectors sent to investigate these complaints, as we are constantly turned away.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of turned away

Verb

Investigators also found signs of metal fatigue at the base of the fan blade that broke off, despite recent inspections of the fan blades.

— Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
In March 2023, for instance, Honduras broke off formal relations with Taiwan and established ties with Beijing.

— Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of broke off

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When hit by a projectile traveling faster than seven times the speed of sound, the composite held together and resisted destruction.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Blonde demonstrated that a superstar could make a culturally consequential album that resisted traditional singles, resisted explanation and, perhaps most importantly, resisted overexposure.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of resisted

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Recently released minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's July meeting showed that the Fed deferred questions about its balance sheet until a task force Warsh has assigned to report on that issue comes back.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
If your team didn’t hand out $700 million IOUs deferred until the next century, your owner was just a cheap coward.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of deferred

Verb

At a recent information session hosted by the county, about half of the people who delivered public comments were in favor of keeping the plant open, and half were vehemently opposed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Widely favored by environmentalists and government planners, the idea is generally opposed by real estate agents and anyone who owns a house or business at the beach.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of opposed

Verb

In February, Discord postponed its controversial age verification policy after receiving backlash from users with concerns about their privacy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
An initial public offering for the missile business has been postponed from the latter half of 2026 until mid-2027.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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