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stall(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
3
dawdle(verb, stop, cool, delay, stay)
3
endure(verb, stop, hold, restrain, continue)
3
loiter(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue)
3
persist(verb, stop, restrain, continue, stay)
2
be left(verb, stop, continue, stay, endure)
2
bivouac(verb, stop, halt, continue, stay)
2
bunk(verb, stop, settle, halt, delay)
2
cool it(verb, expression, stop, hold, break)
2
dally(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue)
2
dwell(verb, stop, halt, continue, stay)
2
go on(expression, stop, continue, stay, endure)
2
hang(verb, stop, settle, halt, delay)
2
hang around(verb, expression, stop, delay, continue)
2
hang out(verb, expression, stop, halt, continue)
2
hold the fort(verb, expression, idiom, stop, settle)
2
hold the phone(expression, idiom, stop, delay, stay)
2
inhabit(verb, stop, halt, continue, stay)
2
keep on(expression, stop, halt, continue, stay)
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last(verb, stop, hold, settle, continue)
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