| slow(verb, delay, restrict) |
| stunt(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| apprehend(verb, hold, keep, delay, impede) |
| arrest(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| back off(verb, expression, check, delay, hinder) |
| balk(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| bemire |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, check, delay) |
| bust(verb, hold, keep, delay, impede) |
| buttonhole(verb, hold, keep, delay, impede) |
| choke off(verb, expression, check, delay, hinder) |
| clog(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| close off(verb, expression, check, delay, hinder) |
| confine(verb, hold, keep, delay, impede) |
| crimp(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| curb(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| dawdle(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| defer(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| ease off(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| embrangle(verb, trouble, embroil) |