"holdoff" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Deverbal from hold off",
      "name": "deverbal"
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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from hold off.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "holdoffs",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "Coordinate term: standoff"
        },
        {
          "text": "The ladder holdoff enabled him to clean the gutters easily without the ladder's weight damaging them.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects."
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        "en:physically solid separator"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There was a three-month holdoff in the decision.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A delay or forbearance."
      ],
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        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
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          "forbearance",
          "forbearance"
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      "senseid": [
        "en:delay or forbearance"
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  "word": "holdoff"
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      "expansion": "Deverbal from hold off",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from hold off.",
  "forms": [
    {
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: standoff"
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          "text": "The ladder holdoff enabled him to clean the gutters easily without the ladder's weight damaging them.",
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        "A fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects."
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        "en:physically solid separator"
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          "text": "There was a three-month holdoff in the decision.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A delay or forbearance."
      ],
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        ],
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          "forbearance",
          "forbearance"
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  "word": "holdoff"
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