5
set aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, drop)
5
slacken(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce)
5
temporize(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
4
consent(verb, take, accept, agree, allow)
4
adapt(verb, yield, submit, comply, accede)
4
adjust(verb, yield, submit, comply, accede)
4
check(verb, stop, hold, break, reject)
4
concur(verb, accept, agree, allow, surrender)
4
dally(verb, delay, pause, hesitate, postpone)
4
hang fire(verb, expression, hold, cool, delay)
4
intermit(verb, stop, hold, keep, reduce)
4
keep(verb, hold, restrain, block, observe)
4
knuckle(verb, stop, break, drop, go)
4
lengthen(verb, hold, delay, extend, put)
4
stoop(verb, agree, yield, surrender, acknowledge)
4
surrender(verb, stop, accept, reject, withdraw)
3
abide(verb, take, agree, delay, surrender)
3
adhere(verb, comply)
3
admit(verb, accept, allow, yield, submit)
3
agree to(expression, observe, quit, submit, satisfy)
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