2
drag out(verb, expression, delay, continue, extend)
2
ease off(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
ease up(expression, reduce, delay, moderate, decrease)
2
elevate(verb, support, promote, establish, rise)
2
embog(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
erect(verb, promote, raise, establish, boost)
2
exalt(verb, promote, praise, favor, establish)
2
exhibit(verb, support, hold, take, have)
2
extend(verb, delay, continue, sustain, expand)
2
fill(verb, stop, close, check, halt)
2
fleece
2
foil(verb, stop, check, ruin, restrain)
2
forbid(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block)
2
forfend(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
2
get by(verb, expression, cope)
2
get in the way(verb, expression, idiom, stop, break)
2
go
2
gouge
2
handicap(verb, check, reduce, bother, restrain)
2
heave(verb, promote, raise, establish, boost)
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