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2
hang fire(cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle)
2
hold off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, check)
2
put off(verb, stop, halt, delay)
1
cut short(verb, stop, hold, control)
1
give the run around(idiom, cool, delay, hesitate)
1
hold back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, control)
1
hold down(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
1
hold in(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
1
keep back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
1
kept back(verb, stop, control, check)
1
let slide(cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle)
1
nip in the bud(verb, idiom, stop, hold)
1
play a waiting game(idiom, cool, delay, hesitate)
1
rein in(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
1
slacken pace(verb, stop, hold, control)
1
slowed down(verb, control, check, reduce)
1
slowing down(verb, control, check, reduce)
0
box in(verb, check, hinder, sandbag)
0
bring to screeching halt(verb, idiom, check, sandbag)
0
cool down(verb, check, sandbag, manacled)
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