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| play for time(verb, expression, idiom, stop, hold) | |
| prohibit(verb, stop, halt, block) | |
| put a stop to(verb, expression, idiom, stop) | |
| put an end to(verb, expression, idiom, stop) | |
| rebuff(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| reduce(verb, stop, control, halt) | |
| rein in(verb, expression, stop, hold, control) | |
| repress(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| repulse(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| restrict(verb, stop, control, halt) | |
| retard(verb, stop, control, reduce) | |
| rule out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop) | |
| shut out(verb, expression, stop, halt) | |
| slacken pace(verb, expression, stop, hold, control) | |
| snub(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| squelch(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| stave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop) | |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| stop(verb, hold, control, reduce) | |
| suppress(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
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