phrasal verb · neutral
put on hold
UK/pʊt ɒn həʊld/US/pʊt ɑn hoʊld/put·on·HOLD
speakingtask2
temporarily delay or suspend something
Examples
“The university put the exchange programme on hold because of travel restrictions.”
“The phone company put my call on hold while they checked the account.”
“Funding was cut, so the project has been put on hold indefinitely.”
Band 8 sentence
“Due to unforeseen budget cuts, the department decided to put the pilot programme on hold while they revise the funding plan.”
Collocations
- put something on hold
- be put on hold
- temporarily put on hold
Word family
put on hold phrasal verb
Common mistakes
put in hold→put on hold
put on the hold→put on hold
Say it for a higher band
5delay→6postpone→7+put on hold
Synonyms
suspend
delay
Easily confused
delay
“They delayed the opening because of bad weather.”
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