2PHRASAL VERB (在比赛或竞赛中)抵挡住(对手的挑战) If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you. (在比赛或竞赛中)抵挡住(对手的挑战) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown. [VERBPREP. noun]