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| hold back(verb, phrasal verb, control, check) | |
| hold up(verb, phrasal verb, stop, close) | |
| slow up(verb, phrasal verb, check, delay) | |
| clip the wings(idiom, slowness) | |
| lose speed(idiom, reduce, restrain, delay) | |
| reduce speed(verb, idiom, stop, check) | |
| rein in(verb, phrasal verb, reduce, restrain) | |
| set back(verb, phrasal verb, check, reduce) | |
| take in sail(idiom, slowness) | |
| blow the whistle | |
| bring up short | |
| cut off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, close) | |
| hold in check | |
| pasture brake(noun, idiom) | |
| pull up(verb, phrasal verb, stop, halt) | |
| put paid to | |
| stem the tide | |
| Pteridium aquilinum(noun, idiom) | |
| anchor it(reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) | |
| bearing rein(idiom, prison) |
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