| hesitate(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) | |
| hit the brakes(expression, idiom, reduce, restrain, delay) | |
| hold fast | |
| keep from | |
| keep waiting(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) | |
| lag(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) | |
| lessen(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) | |
| let down | |
| let down flaps(expression, idiom, reduce, restrain, delay) | |
| let up | |
| loaf(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) | |
| lose ground | |
| lose speed(verb, expression, reduce, restrain, delay) | |
| lose steam(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) | |
| moderate | |
| poke(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) | |
| procrastinate(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) | |
| prohibit | |
| pull | |
| qualify(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
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