Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Hold off (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DEFER
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Notes
The answer DEFER is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Capitulate
Delay
Give in to
Postpone
Shelve
Table
Yield
Be respectful (to)
Pass the buck
Postpone, as enrollment
Put on hold
Put off
Yield precedence
Put on the back burner
Put off until later
Definition
DEFER as a verb:
1. (postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off) = hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
2. (submit, bow, defer, accede, give in) = submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"