| oscillate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| pause(hesitate, falter, balk, scruple, irresolution) |
| ponder(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| prorogue(delay, defer, postpone, reschedule) |
| pull back(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| pussyfoot(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| putter(verb, delay, stay, idle, remain) |
| retard(fail, delay, diminish, slow, defer) |
| scruple(pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| seesaw(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| shift(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| shrink(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| shy away(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| sit on fence(expression, idiom, pause, hesitate, falter) |
| sit tight |
| sit up |
| slack(verb, relax, idle, lazy, loiter) |
| stammer(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| stay up |
| straddle(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |