2
adumbrate(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
anchor it(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
avoid(verb, stop, break, end, keep)
2
back-water(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
backpedal(withdraw, yield)
2
baffle(verb, stop, control, check, reduce)
2
ban(verb, make, force, decline, reject)
2
battle(verb, stop, restrain, prevent)
2
beat back(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool)
2
beat off(verb, expression, control, cut, check)
2
beg off(verb, expression, decline, reject, dismiss)
2
blot out(expression, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
blow the whistle on(expression, idiom, stop, close, end)
2
bring to standstill(expression, idiom, stop, close, end)
2
brush off(verb, expression, cut, check, decline)
2
burke(verb, stop, hold, restrain, crush)
2
bury(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
cache(verb, hold, control, place, cover)
2
camouflage(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
cast aside(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool)
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