7
set back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, check, delay)
7
slow(verb, adjective, hold, delay, put)
6
accept(verb, take, agree, allow, lower)
6
bend(verb, stop, break, drop, withdraw)
6
conform(verb, accept, agree, observe, approve)
6
kowtow(verb, agree, lower, yield, surrender)
6
lay aside(verb, expression, stop, hold, break)
6
lay over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, keep)
6
put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop)
6
put over(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
6
stall(verb, hold, check, keep, block)
6
truckle(verb, agree, yield, surrender, acknowledge)
5
accommodate(verb, help, yield, submit, perform)
5
block(verb, hold, keep, stay, extend)
5
detain(verb, hold, check, keep, block)
5
extend(verb, hold, delay, put, sustain)
5
give way(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, stop)
5
hold(verb, drop, keep, maintain, disregard)
5
knuckle under(verb, expression, stop, break, drop)
5
reserve(verb, keep, reject, abandon, delay)
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