| delay(verb, reject, halt, stay, extend) |
| hold up(verb, expression, reject, halt, block) |
| procrastinate(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| adjourn(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| defer(verb, hold, cool, halt, delay) |
| hold off(verb, expression, reject, halt, block) |
| lay over(verb, expression, reject, halt, delay) |
| protract(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| put off(verb, expression, reject, halt, delay) |
| shelve(verb, reject, halt, block, delay) |
| stall(verb, block, delay, extend, prevent) |
| suspend(verb, hold, delay, extend, swing) |
| be dilatory(verb, cool, delay, hesitate, postpone) |
| extend(verb, delay, follow, pull, suspend) |
| give the run around(verb, expression, idiom, delay, hinder) |
| halt(verb, reject, delay, bar, swing) |
| hang(verb, reject, halt, delay, bar) |
| hang back |
| hang up(verb, expression, reject, halt, block) |
| hesitate(verb, cool, delay, linger, dawdle) |