hold-over

Verbs

  • (v) intimidate somebody (with a threat)
    • She was holding it over him
  • (v) hold over goods to be sold for the next season carry over,
  • (v) keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
  • (v) continue a term of office past the normal period of time
  • (v) hold back to a later time
    • let's postpone the exam
    defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit,

Synonyms

carry over defer postpone prorogue put off set back shelve table put over remit

Words of close approximity