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| foul up(verb, stop, disturb, ruin) | |
| get around(verb, stop, decline, halt) | |
| get in the way(verb, idiom, check, block) | |
| give up(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon) | |
| hang up(verb, stop, check, halt) | |
| hem and haw(idiom, pause, hesitate, falter) | |
| hold at bay(idiom, stop, close, end) | |
| hold off(verb, stop, restrain, halt) | |
| hold out(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| let down(upset, fail, deceive, thwart) | |
| pull back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw) | |
| pull up(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| put a cork in(idiom, stop, close, end) | |
| put off(verb, decline, disturb, agitate) | |
| stand still(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| think twice(verb, pause, hesitate, falter) | |
| back out(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon) | |
| back pedal(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| beat around bush(verb, idiom, decline, avoid) | |
| beat down(verb, cross, frustrate, blank) |
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