hold off on

to assign to a later time we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along Synonyms defer, delay, postpone (on), hold over, hold up, lay over, put off, put over, remit, shelveRelated Words suspend; hesitate, pause, stay; detain, retard, slow; extend, lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch (out); waitNear Antonyms act, deal (with), decide (upon), do, work (on)