| frustrate(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| give the run around(expression, idiom, cool, delay, hesitate) |
| goldbrick(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) |
| halt(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| hang |
| hang back |
| harness(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| hedge(verb, halt, hinder, slow) |
| hinder(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain) |
| hold(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain) |
| hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, control) |
| hold down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| hold in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| impede(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain) |
| inhibit(verb, stop, control, check, reduce) |
| keep back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| kept back(verb, expression, stop, control, check) |
| lag(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) |
| let slide(expression, cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle) |
| limit(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |