| brake(verb, stop, check, reduce, restrain) |
| slow(verb, delay, restrict) |
| anchor it(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| back-water(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| bog down(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| choke(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| curb(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| curtail(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| cut back(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| cut down(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| decelerate(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| detain(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| embog(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| handicap(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| hinder(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| hit the brakes(expression, idiom, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| hold back(verb, expression, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| hold up(verb, expression, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| keep waiting(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| lag(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |