on hold

alternative on-hold

1. idiomaticDelayed; postponed; suspended.

   This project is on hold until we can get more information.

   2 more examples

   Plans to build a western rail route into Heathrow Airport have been put on hold, with Network Rail saying that staff working on the scheme have been moved to other projects.

   2021 May 5, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Heathrow Western Rail Access scheme 'on hold'”, in RAIL, number 930, page 26

   A new law used to justify such arrests was put on hold by a federal judge in Miami on April 2, but that didn't stop Florida police from continuing to enforce it.

   2025 May 13, Patrik Jonsson, “Beat cops to game wardens, Florida expands ‘army’ of immigration enforcers”, in The Christian Science Monitor

2. Waiting on a telephone call.

   I have been on hold for 45 minutes listening to a recording about how important my call is to them.

3. On reserve; being held for someone.

   I have a book on hold for me at the library.

4. Pertaining to a telephone hold state.

   Now James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, reports that the sexes respond differently to onhold^([sic]) music.

   1999, New Scientist