| filibuster(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| procrastinate(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| stall(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| temporize(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| adjourn(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| arrest(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| bar(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| bespeak |
| bide time(verb, expression, hold, keep, block) |
| block(verb, hold, keep, stay, bar) |
| check(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| choke(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| clog(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| confine(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| curb(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| dawdle(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| defer(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| delay(verb, cause, defer, suspend, postpone) |
| detain(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| deter(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |