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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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.
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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
Prior to his death, the group put a hold on the new statute votes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
In an order Monday, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put a hold on a judge’s order that stopped the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from terminating parole protections for people who entered the country through the CBP One app.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 6 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 13 Jun. 2025.
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