163 entries under delay topic. ×
| slow up(verb, expression, drop, check, disregard) | |
| suffer(verb, take, accept, bear) | |
| take down(verb, expression, check, hinder) | |
| tarry(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| withstand(verb, take, accept, agree) | |
| play for time(verb, expression, idiom, cool) | |
| avoid(verb, postpone, refrain) | |
| cool it(expression, shelve) | |
| debar(halt, bar, swing, hang) | |
| drag your feet(expression, idiom, postpone, adjourn) | |
| eliminate(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| freeze(drop, disregard, abandon, ignore) | |
| give a rain check(expression, idiom, shelve) | |
| leave to another time(expression, idiom, postpone) | |
| put to one side(verb, expression, idiom, keep) | |
| refrain(verb, stop, control, restrain) | |
| refuse(verb, keep, restrain, suppress) | |
| take a rain check on(expression, idiom, shelve) | |
| take a raincheck(expression, idiom, postpone, adjourn) | |
| tie up(expression, drop, disregard, abandon) |
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