| fill(verb, stop, close, check, halt) |
| hang up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| involve(verb, upset, obscure, confuse, thwart) |
| keep in check(expression, idiom) |
| lag(verb, hold, reduce, restrain, block) |
| mire(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce) |
| moderate(verb, stop, control, check, reduce) |
| proscribe(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| put off(verb, expression, stop, hold, check) |
| reduce(verb, stop, upset, control, beat) |
| reef(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| regulate(verb, control, check, reduce, restrain) |
| rein in(verb, expression, stop, control, reduce) |
| rule out(verb, expression, stop, check, decline) |
| slacken(verb, hold, check, reduce, restrain) |
| stonewall(verb, stop, close, check, oppose) |
| suspend(verb, stop, hold, break, close) |
| taboo(verb, stop, decline, reduce, reject) |
| take in sail(expression, idiom) |
| tie up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, control, restrain) |