| keep at bay(verb, expression, idiom, cut, check) |
| keep off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| lay over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, halt) |
| obstruct(verb, stop, check, oppose, restrain) |
| prolong(verb, drop, disregard, abandon, delay) |
| prorogue(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject) |
| push back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| put on hold(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop) |
| recoil(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade) |
| reject(verb, cut, check, decline, separate) |
| send off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| set aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, decline) |
| spurn(verb, decline, reject, disregard, dismiss) |
| turn aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, check) |
| turn down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut) |
| arrest(verb, stop, reject, restrain, halt) |
| avert(verb, stop, check, separate, restrain) |
| avoid(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| balk(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| be dilatory(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) |