408 entries under expression topic. ×
| peter out(drop, cut, decline, reduce) | |
| pin down(verb, hold, control, check) | |
| play for time(verb, idiom, stop, control) | |
| play off(verb, stop, ruin, oppose) | |
| preside over(verb, phrasal verb, control, run) | |
| pull back(verb, hold, control, restrain) | |
| pull up(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| put a cork in(idiom, stop, close, end) | |
| put behind bars(idiom, hold, commit, confine) | |
| put half nelson on(verb, idiom, stop, control) | |
| put lid on(verb, idiom, restrain, crush) | |
| put off(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| put on brakes(verb, idiom, stop, check) | |
| put on ice(verb, idiom, control, check) | |
| put straitjacket on(verb, idiom, hold, restrain) | |
| put the lid on(idiom, stop, restrain, suppress) | |
| put up a fight(verb, idiom, stop, attack) | |
| rail in(hold, commit, confine, detain) | |
| rake over the coals(idiom, correct, humble, humiliate) | |
| reign over(verb, control, determine, direct) |
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