163 entries under delay topic. ×
| neglect(verb, reject, fail, abandon) | |
| omit(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, halt) | |
| pause(cool, hesitate, falter, balk) | |
| pink-slip(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| play a waiting game(expression, idiom, cool, hesitate) | |
| poke(verb, check, hinder, lessen) | |
| put a stop to(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| put an end to(expression, halt, bar, swing) | |
| put on back burner(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop) | |
| put on the back burner(expression, idiom, postpone, table) | |
| put on the shelf(verb, expression, idiom, reject, halt) | |
| reject(halt, allow, ignore, surrender) | |
| relinquish(verb, stop, reject, withdraw, agree) | |
| restrain(verb, suppress, suspend, inhibit) | |
| retardate(verb, check, hinder, lessen) | |
| rule out(expression, halt, bar, swing) | |
| scrub(noun, drop, disregard, abandon) | |
| shilly-shally(cool, hesitate, postpone, adjourn) | |
| shut down(verb, expression, check, hinder) | |
| shut off(verb, expression, check, hinder) |
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