2
interfere(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
2
intermit(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
2
keep in custody(verb, expression, idiom, hold, arrest)
2
keep out(expression, take, keep, stay, have)
2
keep waiting(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
lay over(verb, expression, hold, keep, block)
2
let down flaps(expression, idiom, reduce, restrain, delay)
2
linger(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
2
loiter(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce)
2
lose speed(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
lose steam(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
nail(verb, stop, hold, take, catch)
2
net(verb, hold, catch, seize, capture)
2
occupy(verb, take, keep, stay, have)
2
own(verb, hold, take, control, place)
2
procrastinate(verb, keep, reduce, restrain, block)
2
protract(verb, hold, keep, block, extend)
2
put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, hold, cool)
2
qualify(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
rail in(verb, expression, hold, commit, confine)
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