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| hold down(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| hold in(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| hold off(verb, stop, separate, restrain) | |
| hollow out(hurt, ruin, challenge, weaken) | |
| hurl defiance at(idiom, disregard, ignore, challenge) | |
| keep back(verb, stop, hold, control) | |
| keep lid on(verb, idiom, stop, restrain) | |
| knock the bottom out of(idiom, hurt, ruin, weaken) | |
| knock the chocks | |
| leave in the lurch(idiom, upset, fail, deceive) | |
| look away(verb, stop, halt, prevent) | |
| louse up(verb, phrasal verb, stop, ruin) | |
| make my day(idiom, disregard, ignore, challenge) | |
| nose out(verb, cross, frustrate, blank) | |
| not show(upset, fail, deceive, thwart) | |
| not touch(escape, frustrate, baffle, confound) | |
| other extreme(opposition, reverse, contrary, converse) | |
| other side of coin(idiom, opposition, reverse, contrary) | |
| pass up(escape, frustrate, baffle, confound) | |
| play for time(verb, idiom, stop, hold) |
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