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120 entries under defer topic. ×
| keep from(verb, expression, delay, avoid) | |
| maintain(verb, oppose, delay, dislike, object) | |
| mothball | |
| oppose(verb, delay, dislike, object, avoid) | |
| permit(verb, give, allow, surrender, assign) | |
| pigeonhole | |
| play the game(verb, expression, idiom, surrender) | |
| prevent(verb, delay, avoid, postpone) | |
| prolong | |
| prorogue(drop, remove, allow, ignore, surrender) | |
| put off(verb, expression, drop, delay, ignore) | |
| put on back burner(expression, idiom, drop) | |
| put on hold(expression, idiom, drop) | |
| put on ice(expression, idiom, drop) | |
| remain(verb, delay, avoid, postpone) | |
| repel(verb, dismiss, delay, ignore, avoid) | |
| sideline | |
| slow up(expression, drop) | |
| suffer(verb, give, delay, allow, avoid) | |
| table(drop, ignore, surrender, relinquish) |
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