If the fade does not last for as long as you want change the tempo over several bars. Don't try to change all abruptly. Slow down the song tempo over the all the hold bars and then resume the normal song tempo when the hold completes.

Assuming the hold is over four bars.

Select the second bar of the hold and press F5 to open the bar settings window.

Enter a slightly slower tempo than the existing song tempo either by BPM or percentage. For me I normally get a better response using small percentages like -5 percent or -10 percent spread over several bars. For example bar 2 = -5% and bar 3 = 5%.

Use the Bar # box to advance to the next (third) bar and slow the tempo down a little more.

Advance to the first bar of the verse and enter the original song tempo.

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