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| oscillate(verb, ponder, stumble, falter) | |
| play a waiting game(expression, idiom, cool, delay) | |
| poke(stop, cool, delay, stay, remain) | |
| prolong(delay, postpone, dawdle, adjourn) | |
| protract(delay, postpone, dawdle, adjourn) | |
| pussyfoot(object, protest, disagree, falter) | |
| pussyfoot around(verb, expression, shake, falter) | |
| reel(verb, shake, sway, vary) | |
| refuse(verb, stop, restrain, prevent, object) | |
| retard(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain) | |
| rock(verb, waver, fluctuate, equivocate) | |
| run hot and cold(verb, expression, idiom, falter) | |
| seesaw(verb, ponder, stumble, falter) | |
| shut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, break) | |
| shy away(expression, linger, falter, balk) | |
| sit on fence(expression, idiom, falter, balk) | |
| straddle(verb, ponder, stumble, falter) | |
| stutter(verb, stumble, falter, waver) | |
| sway(verb, shake, vary, falter) | |
| swerve(falter, balk, scruple) |
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