1
play with(expression, play, abuse, waste, trick)
1
prevent(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
prolong(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
prorogue(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
protract(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
put off(verb, expression, hold, keep, block)
1
putter(verb, play, abuse, waste, trick)
1
quiver(verb, shake, pause, sway, vary)
1
remand(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
repress(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
restrict(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
retard(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
saunter(delay, linger, wander, loiter, laze)
1
scrounge around(expression, delay, linger, loiter, saunter)
1
shelve(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
shlep along(expression, delay, linger, loiter, saunter)
1
sit around(expression, delay, linger, loiter, saunter)
1
slacken(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
1
squander(verb, play, abuse, waste, trick)
1
stave off(verb, expression, hold, keep, block)
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