Hold off and Submit

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Hold off verb - Wait before acting.

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Submit is an antonym for hold off.

Submit verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).

Usage example: in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine

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Hold off is an antonym for submit.

Nearby Words: submission, submitted, submitting

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