HOLDING PATTERN


Meaning of HOLDING PATTERN in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The court case has been in a holding pattern , waiting for new charges.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A holding pattern is simply a delaying procedure, like a train waiting at a signal.

In those cases, the company goes into a holding pattern .

The plane was invited down from its holding pattern over Los Muertos Channel.

They begin to live with the illusion that their performance is static, in a holding pattern .

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