| stay out(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun) |
| steer clear of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, escape) |
| step aside(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun) |
| suppress(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| suspend(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, block) |
| veto(verb, stop, decline, remove, reject) |
| weave(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade) |
| withdraw(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade) |
| withhold(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| abolish(verb, reject, dismiss, exclude, discount) |
| act like a wet blanket |
| balk(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| banish |
| bate(verb, stop, remove, reject, dismiss) |
| bit(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| blackball(verb, stop, remove, reject, block) |
| blacklist(verb, stop, remove, reject, block) |
| bottleneck(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| bounce(verb, stop, remove, reject, block) |
| boycott(verb, stop, reject, block, ignore) |