On hold
on hold (adjective) -
a. Delayed
b. Waiting to speak to someone on the telephone
put on hold
put business on hold
put marriage on hold
put plans on hold
put contract on hold
put expansion on hold
put expenditures on hold
is on hold
is on hold until
the debate is on hold
the project is on hold
the merger on hold
putting life on hold for a little while
put feelings on hold
put ambition on hold
put everything on hold for a while
put on hold for a while
put career on hold
decision put on hold
the jobs are on hold
Example sentences:
* Top executives at the company put all other business on hold as they sought to hammer out a deal to put an end to the crippling strike.
* Debate on the future of the bankrupt company, which has dragged on for years, was put on hold.
* Important decisions have been put on hold so that they devote their full attention to the problem.
* I have just put everything on hold for a year to relax a bit.
* The travel agent put me on hold while she consulted a colleague about my problem.
* His bid to buy the insolvent bank for Celtic is on hold until he can raise some cash.
* The recession has meant that the group has had to put its plans on hold.
* The presidential candidate warned his opponent that he would have to put his victory parade on hold.
* She put her film career on hold to host a series of TV shows on the crisis in Darfur.
* I walked away and put things on hold for a couple of years but now I want to rejoin civilisation.
* Plans for the controversial and costly expansion program are on hold.
* Her boss gave her a chance to put everything on hold for a while and recharge her batteries.
* You've been on hold too long. Why don't you call again later.
* "Life's on hold for a year."
* The project is on hold until further funds are available.
* She also had been able to put her feelings on hold after her breakup with her boyfriend.
* "She'd told him she wanted a break from her own very successful career --; that had been bending the truth more than a little, but taking over the club, putting her own life on hold for a little while, had seemed a small price to pay for her father's health."
* Having a child forced her to put her career as a nurse on hold for a while.
* "I initially agreed to a meeting but that decision has now been put on hold."
* The second phase of the project may be put on hold because of a shortage of funds.
* "We'll be talking again early next week and until then everything is on hold."
* The first attempt had to be put on hold because of a lack of cash.
* The planned 50 jobs are on hold following the failure of the project.
* "Now, what I'm going to do is show you the advantage of putting somebody on hold as opposed to trying to put your hand over the receiver."
(Source: Personal newspaper corpus and the British National Corpus)
