163 entries under delay topic. ×
| flag(verb, break, drop, check, fail) | |
| forbear(verb, stop, control, keep, reduce) | |
| give rain check(verb, expression, idiom, hold) | |
| give the run around(expression, idiom, cool, hesitate) | |
| goldbrick(cool, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) | |
| grant(verb, accept, reject, agree, abandon) | |
| hand over(verb, expression, stop, reject, withdraw) | |
| handicap(verb, check, hinder, lessen) | |
| inactivate(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| lag(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| lay off(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| lay on the table(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| leave(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon) | |
| lessen(verb, check, reduce, decrease) | |
| let slide(verb, expression, disregard, dismiss) | |
| let up(verb, expression, check, hinder) | |
| loaf(verb, check, hinder, lessen) | |
| maintain(verb, keep, avoid, sustain) | |
| mire(verb, check, hinder, lessen) | |
| mothball(drop, disregard, abandon, ignore) |
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