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foul up(verb, stop, disturb, ruin)
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get around(verb, stop, decline, halt)
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get in the way(verb, idiom, check, block)
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give up(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
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hang up(verb, stop, check, halt)
2
hem and haw(idiom, pause, hesitate, falter)
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hold at bay(idiom, stop, close, end)
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hold off(verb, stop, restrain, halt)
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hold out(verb, phrasal verb)
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let down(upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
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pull back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw)
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pull up(stop, close, end, complete)
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put a cork in(idiom, stop, close, end)
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put off(verb, decline, disturb, agitate)
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stand still(stop, close, end, complete)
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think twice(verb, pause, hesitate, falter)
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back out(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
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back pedal(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
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beat around bush(verb, idiom, decline, avoid)
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beat down(verb, cross, frustrate, blank)
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