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| gain time(verb, expression, cause, suspend) | |
| give a rain check(expression, idiom, shelve) | |
| give up(verb, expression, stop, drop, close) | |
| mitigate(verb, stop, decrease, abate) | |
| pardon(noun, verb, stop, break, reduce) | |
| put on back burner(verb, expression, idiom, drop, reject) | |
| put on the back burner(expression, idiom, postpone, table) | |
| put on the shelf(verb, expression, idiom, reject, halt) | |
| reject(verb, abandon, halt, allow, ignore) | |
| release(noun, verb, stop, break, reduce) | |
| relinquish(verb, stop, drop, close, cut) | |
| reschedule(verb, extend, suspend, postpone) | |
| scrub(verb, drop, disregard, abandon, halt) | |
| stonewall(verb, block, curb, hinder, slow) | |
| turn over(verb, expression, reject, abandon, allow) | |
| abandon(verb, drop, ignore, surrender, avoid) | |
| absolve(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| alleviate(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| allow(verb, reject, abandon, ignore, surrender) | |
| bear(verb, avoid, postpone, refrain) |
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