| abnegate(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse) |
| adjourn(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| backpedal |
| backwater |
| baffle(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| balk |
| ban(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse) |
| begrudge(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse) |
| bide time(verb, expression, hold, keep, block) |
| black out(verb, expression, restrain, crush, block) |
| bosom |
| bottle(verb, restrain, crush, block, curb) |
| bottleneck(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| box up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, close, check) |
| bring to naught(verb, expression, idiom, check, restrain) |
| call on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject) |
| censor(verb, close, dismiss, cancel, rebuff) |
| chasten(verb, restrain, crush, block, curb) |
| checkmate(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| chill(verb, stop, check, oppose, curb) |