| aggravate(verb, bother, annoy, provoke, harass) |
| assume(verb, scorn, copy, mock, pretend) |
| bar(verb, cool, restrain, limit, restrict) |
| be at(verb, bother, annoy, provoke, harass) |
| belittle(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| bind(verb, control, check, reduce, cool) |
| bit(verb, control, check, restrain, suppress) |
| blame(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| blow out(expression, upset, depress, extinguish, diversion) |
| blow up(expression, upset, depress, extinguish, undermine) |
| blow whistle on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, attack) |
| bog down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, keep) |
| bound(verb, control, check, reduce, cool) |
| box in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, control, check) |
| bridle(control, restrain, limit, restrict, repress) |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, control, check) |
| buffoonery(noun, sport, entertainment, diversion, sitcom) |
| build up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, increase, intensify) |
| bust(verb, hold, keep, delay, impede) |
| buttonhole(verb, hold, keep, delay, impede) |