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216 entries under verb topic. ×
| hang back(expression, pause, linger, falter) | |
| have misgivings(expression, stick, question, shy) | |
| have no use for(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject) | |
| have qualms(expression, stick, question, pause) | |
| hedge(pause, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| hem and haw(expression, idiom, pause, falter) | |
| hold back(expression, phrasal verb, stop, mind) | |
| hover(stick, pause, trail, linger) | |
| linger(pause, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| loathe(reject, mind, scorn, dislike) | |
| look down on(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject) | |
| not care for(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject) | |
| object to(expression, phrasal verb, reject, scorn) | |
| oscillate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| pause(object, protest, hesitate, linger) | |
| ponder(pause, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| pull back(expression, pause, hesitate, falter) | |
| pussyfoot(object, pause, protest, hesitate) | |
| question(stick, pause, shy, fret) | |
| recoil from(expression, phrasal verb, reject, scorn) |
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