8
check(noun, verb, stop, hold, break)
8
endure(verb, hold, overcome, delay, continue)
8
hold water(verb, expression, hold, agree, stick)
8
interrupt(verb, stop, check, reject, bother)
8
raise(verb, establish, lift, build, elevate)
8
rob(verb, take, give, attack, appropriate)
8
stay(noun, verb, support, stop, hold)
7
hamper(verb, check, bother, restrain, halt)
7
hold(noun, verb, support, stop, drop)
7
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, check)
7
inhibit(verb, stop, hold, check, decline)
7
interfere(verb, stop, break, check, bother)
7
restrain(verb, stop, hold, check, decline)
7
stall(noun, verb, stop, close, time)
7
sustain(verb, support, hold, take, help)
7
waive(verb, drop, reject, disregard, abandon)
7
withstand(verb, support, take, delay, avoid)
6
adjourn(verb, stop, reject, do, halt)
6
bear(verb, support, hold, take, maintain)
6
bear up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, help)
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