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hang up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
6
lag(noun, verb, time, help, reduce)
6
put off(verb, expression, stop, hold, drop)
6
put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop)
6
remit(verb, stop, reduce, reject, abandon)
5
slow up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, drop)
5
thwart(verb, stop, close, check, ruin)
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hang fire(verb, expression, reject, halt, block)
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intermit(verb, stop, reduce, reject, release)
4
maintain(verb, support, hold, take, help)
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pigeonhole(verb, drop, reject, disregard, abandon)
4
prevent(verb, stop, break, close, check)
4
prorogue(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject)
4
put aside(verb, expression, hold, drop, disregard)
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freeze(verb, stop, hold, drop, decline)
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halt(noun, verb, stop, hold, break)
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lay aside(verb, expression, stop, hold, break)
3
oppose(verb, stop, decline, reject, ruin)
3
prolong(verb, drop, disregard, abandon, delay)
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put on hold(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop)
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