See Also: holding pattern(dictionary)
Holding pattern(tourism)
wax pattern(medicine)
pattern(dictionary)
Pattern(money)
Pattern(medicine)
Pattern(finance)
Pattern(law)
pattern formation(medicine)
occlusal pattern(medicine)

holding pattern (oh)



n [C usually singular]
the path that an aircraft flies along while it is waiting for permission to land
a situation in which you cannot act because you are waiting for the result of something
in a holding pattern
ˇˇMy career is in a holding pattern right now.