| avert |
| barricade |
| be incapacitated(neglect, exclude, ostracize) |
| be out |
| beleaguer(verb, close, cover, refuse, bar) |
| bit(verb, stop, control, check, restrain) |
| box in(verb, expression, check, sandbag, manacled) |
| bridle(verb, stop, control, restrain, suppress) |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, check, sandbag) |
| cleave to(verb, expression, grasp, seize, grip) |
| cling to(verb, expression, grasp, seize, grip) |
| close(verb, cover, bar, expel, exclude) |
| close off(verb, expression, hinder, impede, obstruct) |
| control(verb, stop, restrain, suppress, repress) |
| cool down(verb, expression, check, sandbag, manacled) |
| cool off(verb, expression, check, sandbag, manacled) |
| cooling off(verb, expression, check, sandbag, manacled) |
| corked up(verb, expression, take, keep, have) |
| cover(verb, close, bar, expel, exclude) |
| curb(verb, control, check, restrain, suppress) |