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delay(reject, halt, stay, extend)
4
hold up(expression, reject, halt, block)
4
procrastinate(reject, halt, delay, stay)
3
adjourn(reject, halt, delay, stay)
3
defer(hold, cool, halt, delay)
3
hold off(expression, reject, halt, block)
3
lay over(expression, reject, halt, delay)
3
protract(reject, halt, delay, stay)
3
put off(expression, reject, halt, delay)
3
shelve(reject, halt, block, delay)
3
stall(block, delay, extend, prevent)
3
suspend(hold, delay, extend, swing)
2
be dilatory(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone)
2
extend(delay, follow, pull, suspend)
2
give the run around(expression, idiom, delay, hinder)
2
halt(reject, delay, bar, swing)
2
hang(reject, halt, delay, bar)
2
hang back
2
hang up(expression, reject, halt, block)
2
hesitate(cool, delay, linger, dawdle)
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