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held back on

held back on is the simple past and past participle of hold back on.

Meaning of hold back on

Verb

hold back on (third-person singular simple present holds back on, present participle holding back on, simple past and past participle held back on)

  1. (informal, transitive) To wait for a period of time before proceeding.
    • You should hold back on starting to cook.

Questions about held back on

What is held back on the simple past and past participle of?
Held back on is the simple past and past participle of hold back on.

Words near held back on in the dictionary

  1. held a mirror to
  2. held a mirror up to
  3. held a torch for
  4. held against
  5. held back
  6. held back on
  7. held ball
  8. held balls
  9. held by the button
  10. held cheap
  11. held court

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Adapted from Wiktionary: held back on (page history and authors); hold back on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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