wait a short period of time.

Just a moment, don't be in such a hurry.

• hold fire
• hold forth
• hold good
• hold ground
• hold hand
• hold head high
• hold head up high
• hold horses
• Hold horses!
• hold in check
• hold it
• hold its own
• hold off
• hold off something
• hold on
• hold on for dear life
• hold on like grim death
• hold onto
• hold on to for dear life
• hold on to someone for dear life
• hold onto something
• be as deaf as a post
• be as dry as a bone
• be as dull as dishwater
• be as dull as ditchwater