| hold over(verb, expression, delay, defer, shelve) |
| lay aside(verb, expression, reject, halt, delay) |
| pigeonhole(verb, halt, delay, hinder, obstruct) |
| play for time(verb, expression, idiom, delay, hesitate) |
| prolong(verb, delay, extend, suspend, hesitate) |
| prorogue(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| put on back burner(verb, expression, idiom, reject, halt) |
| put on hold(verb, expression, idiom, reject, halt) |
| put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, reject, halt) |
| retard(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| set aside(verb, expression, delay, extend, suspend) |
| stave off(verb, expression, reject, halt, delay) |
| stay(verb, reject, halt, delay, extend) |
| table(verb, delay, extend, defer, suspend) |
| temporize(verb, cool, delay, hesitate, postpone) |
| wait(verb, cool, delay, hesitate, postpone) |
| waive(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| arrest(verb, reject, halt, delay, bar) |
| balk(verb, block, hinder, impede, obstruct) |
| be a sideliner(expression, idiom) |