Word for put on hold

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• v.

  • be patient, wait (verb)

  • sit tight.

  • defer (verb)

  • remit,
  • put on ice,
  • extend,
  • stay,
  • give rain check,
  • set aside.

  • defer, postpone (verb)

  • shelf.

  • frustrate, hinder (verb)

  • stymie.

  • pause (verb)

  • take five,
  • drop,
  • think twice,
  • take ten.

  • pigeonhole (verb)

  • put off,
  • group,
  • put on the bank burner,
  • type cast,
  • put down as.

  • protract (verb)

  • continue,
  • Prolongate.

  • recess (verb)

  • break up,
  • drop it.

  • remain (verb)

  • hang out,
  • keep on,
  • stay over,
  • inhabit,
  • hang,
  • prevail,
  • stay in,
  • reside,
  • stand,
  • dwell,
  • live,
  • bivouac,
  • stay behind,
  • cling,
  • linger,
  • roost,
  • lodge,
  • bide,
  • persist,
  • be left,
  • nest,
  • remain standing,
  • bunk,
  • stop,
  • outlive,
  • outlast,
  • make camp,
  • freeze,
  • hold the fort,
  • survive,
  • hover,
  • endure,
  • sit through,
  • visit,
  • stay put,
  • abide,
  • perch,
  • squat,
  • last,
  • sojourn,
  • sit out,
  • stick around,
  • tarry,
  • pause,
  • go on.

  • shelve (verb)

  • scrub,
  • give up,
  • hang up,
  • tie up,
  • slow up.

  • sit tight (verb)

  • stand by,
  • lie low,
  • keep your shirt on,
  • bide one’s time.

  • stymie (verb)

  • cramp,
  • balk,
  • stump,
  • crimp,
  • thwart,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • confound,
  • corner,
  • foil,
  • prevent,
  • dead-end,
  • choke off,
  • crab,
  • give the run around,
  • cramp one’s style,
  • cut off,
  • defeat,
  • puzzle,
  • stonewall,
  • mystify,
  • nonplus,
  • snooker.

  • suspend (verb)

  • withhold.

  • table (verb)

  • move,
  • put forward,
  • enter,
  • propose,
  • suggest,
  • submit.

  • wait (verb)

  • sit up for,
  • remain,
  • hang onto your hat,
  • save it,
  • stay up for.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words:

  • dissolve,
  • Prorogate,
  • suspend,
  • hold over,
  • hold back,
  • bar,
  • eject,
  • drag out,
  • lay off,
  • inactivate,
  • elongate,
  • expect,
  • obstruct,
  • detain,
  • defer,
  • lay aside,
  • lengthen,
  • keep going,
  • take a break,
  • stall,
  • table,
  • dally,
  • pigeonhole,
  • prorogue,
  • foresee,
  • tab,
  • hang fire,
  • label,
  • stave off,
  • count out,
  • rest,
  • put on back burner,
  • drag on,
  • cease,
  • anticipate,
  • shake,
  • class,
  • hold,
  • adjourn,
  • watch,
  • intermit,
  • stretch,
  • put a stop to,
  • break it up,
  • hang around,
  • look forward to,
  • eliminate,
  • waive,
  • protract,
  • hole up,
  • spin out,
  • impede,
  • assort,
  • cool,
  • arrest,
  • lie in wait,
  • come to standstill,
  • discontinue,
  • put on the shelf,
  • cool it,
  • hold up,
  • catch one’s breath,
  • keep shirt on,
  • take a breather,
  • omit,
  • hold off,
  • reflect,
  • rank,
  • slow,
  • sideline,
  • hold the phone,
  • hinder,
  • check,
  • procrastinate,
  • put aside,
  • deliberate,
  • cut short,
  • put back,
  • reject,
  • desist,
  • stretch out,
  • rise,
  • sweat it,
  • peg,
  • call time,
  • waver,
  • give a rain check,
  • shelve,
  • mark time,
  • hold on,
  • put an end to,
  • draw,
  • classify,
  • await,
  • halt,
  • block,
  • hesitate,
  • break off,
  • dismiss,
  • fill time,
  • retard,
  • pink-slip,
  • look for,
  • rule out,
  • delay,
  • debar,
  • stop briefly,
  • prolong,
  • can,
  • pad,
  • hold everything,
  • terminate,
  • lay on the table,
  • file,
  • postpone,
  • interrupt,
  • lay over,
  • exclude,
  • sort.

  • remain

  • Bunked,
  • Roosting,
  • was left,
  • Bunking,
  • staying over,
  • sat out,
  • bivouacking,
  • Lasted,
  • nested,
  • staying put,
  • Bivouacked,
  • bivouacs,
  • nesting,
  • Roosted.

  • shelve

  • mothballed,
  • Shelving,
  • mothballing,
  • slowed up,
  • mothballs.

  • stymie

  • choked off,
  • cramp style,
  • snookered,
  • choking off,
  • give run around,
  • dead-ends.

  • table

  • puts forward.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • reschedule,
  • wait,
  • mothball,
  • temporize,
  • pigeon-hole,
  • Adjourned.

How to use «Put on hold» in context?

Put on hold is an often used phrase meaning that someone is waiting to be connected to a specific service. The establishment puts the person on hold and then tries to connect them to the desired service.

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Synonyms:

abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.

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