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| hold up(expression, stop, restrain, delay) | |
| intervene(stop, end, abandon, halt) | |
| let up(expression, phrasal verb, stop, ease) | |
| mark time(expression, idiom, stop, delay) | |
| quiet(noun, stop, calm, break) | |
| shrink(hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) | |
| stall(stop, hold, break, drop) | |
| stick at(expression, phrasal verb, unbelief doubt) | |
| take five(expression, idiom, delay, rest) | |
| take ten(expression, idiom, break, delay) | |
| think twice about(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, hesitate) | |
| abandon(stop, end, halt, quit) | |
| call time(expression, delay, rest, relax) | |
| dawdle(stop, cool, delay, stay) | |
| dither(decide, hesitate, ponder, stumble) | |
| endure(stop, hold, restrain, continue) | |
| give | |
| go | |
| have qualms(expression, hesitate, scruple) | |
| hum and haw(expression, idiom, irresolution) |
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