on hold

on hold
on hold
1. Lit. waiting; temporarily halted. •

The building project is on hold while we try to find money to complete it.

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We put our wedding plans on hold until we finished school.

2. Fig. left waiting on a telephone line. •

I hate to call up someone and then end up on hold.

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I waited on hold for ten minutes when I called city hall.

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{adv. phr.} 1. Left waiting while making a telephone call. * /"Sorry sir," the secretary said, "I'll have to put you on hold for a minute."/ 2. Waiting; temporarily halted. * /"Put your marriage plans on hold, son, and wait until after graduation," his father said seriously./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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