393 entries under expression topic. ×
| cut off(verb, stop, restrain, crush) | |
| deal in(verb, hold, control, place) | |
| defend against(verb, stop, restrain, halt) | |
| delete cover(faint, extinguish, erase, darken) | |
| dissuade restrain(stop, check, oppose, curb) | |
| dummy up(verb, keep, suppress, refuse) | |
| eat to live | |
| enjoin from(verb, decline, reject, oppose) | |
| fill time(stop, delay, stay, rest) | |
| force restrain(make, force, curb, pressure) | |
| get in the way(verb, idiom, delay, curb) | |
| get in the way of(verb, idiom, help, open) | |
| give ground(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| give in(withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| give thumbs down to(idiom, decline, reject, dismiss) | |
| give up(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| gloss over(soften, belittle, mute, minimize) | |
| go back on(verb, idiom, withdraw, abandon) | |
| go out like a light(verb, idiom, faint, extinguish) | |
| hang around(verb, stop, delay, stay) |
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