S: (v) delay (act later than planned, scheduled, or required) "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
S: (v) wait, hold off, hold back (wait before acting) "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
S: (v) act, move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"