| calm(noun, verb, adjective, stop, break) |
| close(noun, verb, stop, hold, break) |
| coffee break(noun, expression, stop, calm, break) |
| continue(verb, stop, hold, restrain, stay) |
| debate(hesitate, falter, balk, scruple, irresolution) |
| deep breath |
| disruption(noun, break, halt, continue, freeze) |
| finish(noun, verb, stop, hold, break) |
| fix(noun, verb, rest, deadlock, stalemate) |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, object, doubt) |
| hold up(verb, expression, stop, restrain, delay) |
| intervene(verb, stop, end, abandon, halt) |
| layoff(noun, stop, calm, break, close) |
| let up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, ease) |
| letup(noun, stop, calm, break, close) |
| mark time(verb, expression, idiom, stop, delay) |
| period(noun, break, time, halt, delay) |
| quiet(noun, verb, stop, calm, break) |
| shrink(verb, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| stall(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |