2
persist in(expression, advance, maintain, continue, stay)
2
piddle
2
progress(move, go, give, advance, develop)
2
project(verb, advance, maintain, continue, stay)
2
prolong(verb, advance, keep, maintain, block)
2
protract(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
2
pull(verb, draw, follow, extend, trace)
2
pursue(verb, advance, maintain, continue, follow)
2
push on(expression, move, go, give, advance)
2
put on hold(verb, expression, idiom, stop, delay)
2
reach(verb, move, go, give, advance)
2
reside(verb, stop, settle, continue, stay)
2
roost(verb, stop, settle, continue, stay)
2
shamble(verb, wait, shuffle, hang, dawdle)
2
slacken(verb, hold, keep, fail, block)
2
slouch(verb, fail, delay, diminish, decrease)
2
stand by(verb, expression, stop, delay, stay)
2
stick at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, advance, maintain)
2
stick to(verb, expression, hold, advance, maintain)
2
sustain(verb, hold, advance, maintain, continue)
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