163 entries under delay topic. ×
| hedge(pause, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| hesitate(verb, check, restrain, suppress) | |
| interfere(verb, stop, hold, break, keep) | |
| loiter(verb, hold, check, keep, block) | |
| prevent(verb, stop, hold, break, bother) | |
| put back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, extend) | |
| reschedule(verb, extend, suspend, postpone) | |
| stop(verb, break, reduce, release, bother) | |
| withhold(verb, hold, keep, reject, maintain) | |
| abandon(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, leave) | |
| back off(verb, expression, check, hinder) | |
| balk(verb, stop, check, hinder) | |
| bar(verb, hold, keep, reject, halt) | |
| be dilatory(cool, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) | |
| bog(verb, check, hinder, lessen) | |
| bog down(verb, expression, check, hinder) | |
| brake(verb, check, hinder, lessen) | |
| break up(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, check) | |
| can(reject, halt, bar, swing) |
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