put a hold on
idiom
: to order that something is to be kept for a particular person or time
I asked the library to put a hold on the book for me.
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The Essex Crossing rezoning plan, first announced in 2013 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, put a hold on 22 Suffolk reserving the lot for constructing a pre-K-through-eighth grade public school.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Congress put a hold on a $1 billion weapons package to Israel earlier this week, which reportedly included 4,700 1,000-pound bombs and Caterpillar’s armored bulldozers.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Feb. 2025
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday put a hold on President Trump’s Justice Department appointees over the gift of a $400 million luxury plane from Qatar that could be used as his Air Force One.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Schumer has vowed to put a hold on Trump’s judicial nominations in the Senate until ge gets answers on the deal.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 14 May 2025
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Congress put a hold on a $1 billion weapons package to Israel earlier this week, which reportedly included 4,700 1,000-pound bombs and Caterpillar’s armored bulldozers.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Feb. 2025
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday put a hold on President Trump’s Justice Department appointees over the gift of a $400 million luxury plane from Qatar that could be used as his Air Force One.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Schumer has vowed to put a hold on Trump’s judicial nominations in the Senate until ge gets answers on the deal.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 14 May 2025
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“Put a hold on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20a%20hold%20on. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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