Question

Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them.

Accepted Answer

(idiomatichttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic, transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bayhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/at_bay.

Sentence	Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them.
Definition	( idiomatic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic , transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive ) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/at_bay .

Hold Lawyers Ready Delay Temporarily