To pause in a conversation for an interruption.
Used to acknowledge that one's attention needs to be diverted from what an speaker was saying.
".... and then ...." / "John, hold that thought. I need to take this call.".
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Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to hold that thought
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