| slow down(verb, expression, stop, trouble, control) |
| slow up(verb, expression, check, delay, hinder) |
| squelch(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| stay(verb, stop, control, close, end) |
| abstain(verb, stop, control, keep, restrain) |
| back down(verb, expression, withdraw, back, yield) |
| begrudge(verb, decline, reject, oppose, mind) |
| bog down(expression, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| bottle(verb, restrain, crush, block, curb) |
| choke(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| cover up(verb, expression, stop, check, restrain) |
| deter(verb, stop, control, close, end) |
| govern(verb, control, check, restrain, moderate) |
| grudge(verb, give, mind, resent) |
| halt(verb, stop, control, close, end) |
| hang back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, pause, falter) |
| hold at bay(expression, idiom, stop, control, close) |
| keep from(expression, stop, cover, restrain, block) |
| keep in(verb, expression, stop, check, reduce) |
| keep out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, check, keep) |