Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Work on
Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
Both terms in one sentence
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The first was released in 1995, and work was put on hold after Shirow decided to work on other series, with no work being done on the series since then.
Source: Anime / Dominion Tank Police -
The same thing happened with a short lived series Shanghai Youma Kikai, which was put on hold so Hiromu Arakawa could work on Fullmetal Alchemist.
Source: Orphaned Series -
That's a very expensive plan, especially since he had no way of knowing whether or not the experiment would work on the subject he got a hold of.
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