| put off(verb, phrasal verb, expression, delay, defer) |
| delay(verb, suspend, drop, reduce, restrict) |
| defer(verb, hold, suspend, disregard, dismiss) |
| suspend(verb, delay, hold, stop, disregard) |
| hold up(verb, expression, delay, suspend, phrasal verb) |
| table(verb, american, hold, delay, defer) |
| hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, suspend, stop) |
| shelve(verb, delay, defer, hold, keep) |
| hold over(verb, phrasal verb, expression, delay, defer) |
| prorogue(verb, delay, defer, suspend, hold) |
| set back(verb, phrasal verb, expression, reduce, delay) |
| adjourn(verb, delay, defer, hold, keep) |
| stay(verb, hold, stop, halt, delay) |
| procrastinate(verb, delay, reduce, disregard, restrict) |
| interrupt(verb, stop, hold, drop, close) |
| remit(rare, verb, delay, obsolete, extend) |
| reschedule(verb, timing, queue) |
| take a rain check on(american, informal, verb, expression, idiom) |
| cool it(verb, expression, idiom, timing, queue) |
| protract(verb, hold, keep, reject, halt) |