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impede(verb, hold, keep, reduce)
11
retard(verb, hold, time, help)
9
delay(verb, hold, time, help)
9
hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time)
8
detain(verb, hold, time, help)
8
hinder(verb, hold, keep, reduce)
6
bog down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold)
6
hold back(verb, expression, reduce, dismiss)
6
postpone(verb, reduce, restrain, delay)
5
obstruct(verb, delay, hinder, lessen)
5
mire(verb, hold, keep, reduce)
4
defer(verb, delay, hinder, lessen)
4
hang up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time)
4
decelerate(verb, hold, keep, reduce)
3
handicap(verb, reduce, restrain, delay)
3
stall(verb, time, help, reduce)
3
arrest(verb, delay, hinder, lessen)
3
brake(verb, reduce, restrain, delay)
3
curb(verb, reduce, restrain, delay)
3
encumber(verb, delay, hinder, lessen)
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