6
brake(verb, stop, close, check, reduce)
6
curb(verb, stop, check, reduce, ruin)
6
frustrate(verb, stop, check, ruin, restrain)
6
hang up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
6
lag(noun, verb, time, help, reduce)
6
mug(verb, hold, attack, cheat, lose)
6
put off(verb, expression, stop, hold, drop)
6
put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop)
6
remit(verb, stop, reduce, reject, abandon)
6
survive
5
arrest(verb, stop, hold, break, close)
5
carry(verb, support, hold, help, maintain)
5
decelerate(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce)
5
defy
5
heist(verb, take, give, remove, keep)
5
last(verb, endure, sustain, persist, survive)
5
pause(noun, verb, stop, restrain, delay)
5
rip off(verb, expression, take, remove, keep)
5
slow up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, drop)
5
thwart(verb, stop, close, check, ruin)
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