| slow(verb, time, help, cause, delay) |
| impede(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce) |
| retard(verb, hold, time, help, check) |
| delay(verb, hold, time, help, check) |
| hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time) |
| detain(verb, hold, time, help, check) |
| hinder(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce) |
| bog down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, check) |
| hold back(verb, expression, check, reduce, dismiss) |
| postpone(verb, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| check(verb, hold, keep, reduce, restrain) |
| obstruct(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| mire(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce) |
| defer(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| hang up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time) |
| decelerate(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce) |
| head back(activity, action, moving) |
| hold at bay(expression, idiom, resist, repel, repulse) |
| hold in check(verb, expression, idiom) |
| reef(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |