| set back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, check, delay) |
| setback(noun, upset, blow, shock, disaster) |
| spoil(verb, ruin, prevent, cross, frustrate) |
| stumble(verb, quiet, restrain, curb, suppress) |
| withdraw(start, abandon, yield, surrender, admit) |
| abandon(verb, withdraw, yield, surrender, admit) |
| anticlimax(disappointment, letdown, disillusionment, disenchantment) |
| argue(oppose, disagree, contradict, differ, rebel) |
| avoid(verb, stop, decline, reject, start) |
| back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) |
| back off(verb, expression, check, withdraw, abandon) |
| backtrack(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| bafflement(disappointment, letdown, disenchantment) |
| barricade |
| be unwilling(stick, pause, shy, hesitate, falter) |
| blast(verb, frustrate, confound, foil) |
| blighted |
| blighted hope(expression, idiom, disappointment) |
| blow the whistle on(expression, idiom, stop, close, end) |
| boggle(verb, stick, pause, shy, throw) |