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put off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, upset)
9
hold back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, control)
8
cast down(verb, phrasal verb, upset, dull)
6
talk out of(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, stop)
6
throw cold water on(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, stop)
6
turn aside(verb, phrasal verb, stop, check)
5
keep back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
5
turn off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, check)
4
beat down(verb, phrasal verb, upset, dull)
4
stave off(verb, stop, hold, check)
3
fend off(verb, reject, disregard, oppose)
3
hold off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, check)
3
keep from(verb, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
3
put down(verb, phrasal verb, upset, dull)
3
turn away(verb, deter, distract, sidetrack)
3
ward off(verb, reject, disregard, oppose)
2
break one's heart(verb, idiom, dishearten, dejection)
2
bring down(verb, phrasal verb, upset, distress)
2
dampen the spirits
2
disapprove of(verb, reject, oppose, dislike)
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