| retard(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| anchor it(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| back-water(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| bog down(expression, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| brake(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| check(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| choke(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| 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, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| delay(verb, check, reduce, restrain, moderate) |
| detain(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| embog(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| handicap(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| hinder(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| hit the brakes(expression, idiom, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, check, reduce) |
| hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, check, reduce) |