393 entries under expression topic. ×
| stow away(cover, keep, block, obscure) | |
| take cover(cover, block, obscure, suppress) | |
| tuck away(cover, block, obscure, suppress) | |
| turn down(verb, stop, cut, decline) | |
| ward off(verb, stop, control, cut) | |
| wind down(stop, close, end, reduce) | |
| back off(verb, check, withdraw, abandon) | |
| back out(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| back pedal(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| beat down(verb, control, check, restrain) | |
| black out(verb, stop, restrain, crush) | |
| blow hot and cold(idiom, pause, hesitate, falter) | |
| bow out(withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| box in(verb, control, check, restrain) | |
| box up(verb, control, check, restrain) | |
| break it up(idiom, delay, shake, wait) | |
| break off(verb, stop, close, end) | |
| bring to an end(idiom, stop, close, end) | |
| bring to naught(verb, idiom, check, restrain) | |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, idiom, stop, control) |
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