519 entries under verb topic. ×
| postpone(stop, hold, drop, control) | |
| delay(noun, stop, hold, break) | |
| put off(expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) | |
| suspend(stop, hold, break, drop) | |
| table(hold, drop, keep, reject) | |
| submit(stop, break, drop, go) | |
| shelve(stop, hold, drop, keep) | |
| yield(break, drop, help, give) | |
| bow(stop, break, drop, go) | |
| acquiesce(accept, agree, allow, lower) | |
| adjourn(stop, hold, keep, reject) | |
| accede(break, drop, accept, fail) | |
| hold off(expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) | |
| capitulate(stop, break, drop, give) | |
| hold over(expression, phrasal verb, hold, drop) | |
| obey(agree, yield, observe, surrender) | |
| procrastinate(hold, keep, reject, cool) | |
| succumb(stop, break, drop, go) | |
| retard(hold, check, keep, reject) | |
| stay(stop, hold, break, drop) |
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