2
guide(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
2
hand over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, part)
2
hang back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, pause)
2
harness(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
2
have qualms(expression, pause, hesitate, scruple)
2
hedge(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
2
hem and haw(expression, idiom, pause, hesitate, falter)
2
hem in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, control)
2
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, control)
2
hold off(expression, close, pause, falter, gag)
2
hover(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
2
jerk(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate)
2
jump(verb, move, act, movement, trip)
2
keep aloof(verb, expression, go, decline, remove)
2
keep apart(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, decline)
2
keep down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, control)
2
keep in line(verb, expression, idiom, hold, control)
2
leave(verb, go, remove, withdraw, abandon)
2
leave service(expression, go, part, separate, remove)
2
lose ground
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