hold over

to assign to a later time the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through Synonyms defer, delay, hold off (on), postpone, 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)