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stall(verb, delay, postpone, dawdle)
5
temporize(verb, cool, halt, delay, hinder)
3
delay(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain)
2
arrest(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
2
dally(verb, cool, delay, postpone)
2
hang fire(expression, cool, delay, dawdle)
2
hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, check)
2
interrupt(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
2
pause(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
2
stay(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
1
adjourn(cool, delay, postpone, dawdle)
1
be dilatory(cool, delay, postpone, dawdle)
1
check(verb, stop, control, restrain, halt)
1
cool(delay, postpone, dawdle, adjourn)
1
dawdle(verb, cool, delay, postpone)
1
defer(verb, cool, delay, postpone)
1
drag(cool, delay, postpone, dawdle)
1
give the run around(expression, idiom, cool, delay)
1
goldbrick(cool, delay, postpone, dawdle)
1
halt(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
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