119 entries under avoid topic. ×

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suspend(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject)
11
defer(verb, stop, hold, drop, reduce)
11
hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
11
postpone(verb, stop, hold, drop, reduce)
11
shelve(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject)
9
delay(verb, stop, hold, drop, reduce)
9
table(verb, hold, drop, reject, disregard)
8
put off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
7
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut)
7
adjourn(verb, stop, reject, do, halt)
7
repel(verb, stop, check, attack, decline)
6
check(verb, stop, cut, attack, separate)
6
stay(verb, stop, drop, attack, reduce)
5
forbear(verb, stop, hold, attack, reduce)
5
refrain(verb, stop, hold, attack, maintain)
5
refuse(verb, stop, cut, attack, decline)
5
remit(verb, stop, reduce, reject, abandon)
5
ward off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut)
4
stave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut)
4
stop(verb, check, separate, reduce, release)
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