| slow(verb, reduce, fail, delay, diminish) |
| stall for time(verb, expression, idiom, time, wait) |
| stretch out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cool, draw) |
| tergiversate |
| trifle(verb, disregard, dismiss, delay, stay) |
| waver(verb, hesitate, wander) |
| spin out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cool, extend) |
| block(verb, hold, keep, stay, extend) |
| can(verb, reject, halt, delay, stay) |
| check(verb, reduce, reject, restrain, halt) |
| conk |
| cool(verb, delay, draw, extend, put) |
| curb(verb, hold, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| curtail(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| cut back(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| cut down(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| detain(verb, keep, reduce, restrain, block) |
| diddle-daddle(delay, linger, loiter, saunter, laze) |
| dither |
| drag one's heels |