| delay(noun, verb, stop, reduce, reject) |
| stall(verb, keep, reduce, restrain, block) |
| postpone(verb, keep, reduce, reject, cool) |
| loiter(noun, verb, stop, keep, reduce) |
| linger(verb, stop, keep, settle, fail) |
| dawdle(verb, keep, fail, block, delay) |
| dilly-dally(verb, hold, keep, block, delay) |
| temporize(verb, stop, hold, time, keep) |
| dally(verb, stop, settle, fail, delay) |
| defer(verb, hold, keep, reject, cool) |
| hesitate(verb, delay, stay, put, idle) |
| suspend(verb, hold, keep, disregard, dismiss) |
| tarry(verb, stop, keep, settle, fail) |
| lag(verb, stop, keep, reduce, settle) |
| put off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, keep, reject) |
| protract(verb, keep, reject, halt, block) |
| shilly-shally(verb, delay, put, wait, hesitate) |
| drag(verb, move, keep, fail, block) |
| prolong(verb, hold, keep, block, delay) |
| dillydally(verb, fail, delay, diminish, decrease) |