"hold" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She held them off alone all night in the farmhouse - even under rocket-fire.
- Part held him off in the end for a 3-1 win.
- France hold off a strong Irish comeback in the second half after leading 43-3.
- But it could not hold off the Bulldogs in the closing minutes.
- "We had asked Iraq on a number of occasions to hold off its attacks in the gulf, and this development is very frustrating."
- But she mentally crossed her fingers, hoping the rain would hold off until later in the day.
- Holding off in that case was a wise decision, he said.
- Connecticut's women did not give the rest of the crowd a chance to think that way, holding off a Kansas drive in a 97-87 victory.
- We've been holding off in hopes of catching the big wheel.
- But recent studies have shown that drugs can hold off the most serious symptoms for months or years in people who are infected.
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