| procrastinate(verb, delay, put, postpone, adjourn) |
| stall(verb, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) |
| temporize(verb, cool, halt, delay, hinder) |
| hesitate(verb, cool, delay, postpone, dawdle) |
| delay(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain) |
| arrest(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| dally(verb, cool, delay, hesitate, postpone) |
| hang fire(expression, cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle) |
| hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, check) |
| interrupt(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| pause(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| put off(verb, expression, stop, halt, delay) |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| adjourn(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) |
| baffle(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| bar(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| be dilatory(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) |
| bit(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| bottleneck(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| bridle(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |