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| hold back(verb, stop, control, reduce) | |
| hold down(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| hold in(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| keep back(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| knock the chocks | |
| lead balloon(noun, decline, ruin, defeat) | |
| nip in the bud(verb, idiom, stop, hold) | |
| nose out(verb, cross, frustrate, blank) | |
| play for time(verb, idiom, stop, hold) | |
| put end to(idiom, cross, frustrate, blank) | |
| put paid to | |
| rein in(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| run circles around(verb, idiom, stop, halt) | |
| run rings around(verb, idiom, stop, halt) | |
| shake off(verb, stop, halt, curb) | |
| shuffle off(verb, stop, halt, curb) | |
| shut down(verb, beat, defeat, crush) | |
| sinking ship(noun, decline, ruin, defeat) | |
| slacken pace(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| stem the tide |
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