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210 entries under pause topic. ×

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slacken(verb, stop, check, reduce, cause)
4
stick around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, settle)
4
waver(verb, stop, rest, relax, shake)
3
cease(verb, stop, close, cut, reject)
3
hedge(noun, verb, defer, hesitate)
3
idle(verb, stop, pass, restrain, halt)
3
pigeonhole(verb, stop, drop, reject, disregard)
3
remission(noun, break, check, halt, stay)
2
stretch out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, continue)
2
abeyance(noun, break, halt, decrease)
2
await(verb, stop, stay, rest)
2
bide time(verb, expression, cause, rest)
2
break off(expression, stop, break, drop, close)
2
demur(verb, hesitate, falter, balk)
2
discontinuance(noun, break, end, check, halt)
2
distance(noun, break, opening, intermission)
2
dither(verb, hesitate, falter, waver)
2
doubt(noun, verb, stop, weakness, uncertainty)
2
ease off(verb, expression, stop, reduce, restrain)
2
equivocate(verb, defer, hesitate, falter)
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