held off (verb) hold back/hold off: repress
Sinonime: advanced, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before appointed time, beforehand,
direct,
immature,
immediate, matinal, on short notice, on the dot, overearly, oversoon,
preceding, precipitant,
precocious, preexistent,
premature,
previous,
prompt, pronto,
punctual,
quick, seasonable,
soon,
speedy, unanticipated,
unexpected, untimely
Antonime: later