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| table(verb, action, hold, drop, reject) | |
| arrest(noun, verb, stop, break, control) | |
| curb(noun, verb, stop, control, reduce) | |
| temporize(verb, stop, time, cool, cause) | |
| detain(verb, hold, time, help, check) | |
| suspend(verb, stop, break, drop, reduce) | |
| tarry(noun, verb, activity, stop, cause) | |
| hamper(verb, trouble, check, cause, block) | |
| respite(noun, verb, stop, break, reduce) | |
| shelve(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject) | |
| bar(noun, verb, stop, control, reduce) | |
| hold(noun, verb, stop, drop, control) | |
| inhibit(verb, stop, hold, trouble, control) | |
| prevent(verb, stop, break, control, reduce) | |
| set back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time) | |
| adjourn(verb, stop, reject, cause, do) | |
| keep(verb, hold, cause, restrain, suppress) | |
| protract(verb, reject, cause, halt, stay) | |
| dilly-dally(verb, cause, waste, fast) | |
| hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
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