20
table(verb, hold, drop, keep, reject)
19
postpone(verb, stop, hold, drop, keep)
17
defer(verb, stop, hold, drop, keep)
17
suspend(verb, stop, hold, drop, keep)
16
delay(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject)
15
put off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
13
put aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, abandon)
11
dismiss(verb, stop, drop, cut, remove)
11
hold over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, drop)
11
hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
11
prorogue(verb, stop, hold, drop, keep)
10
adjourn(verb, stop, hold, keep, reject)
10
stay(verb, stop, hold, drop, keep)
9
hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
9
remit(verb, stop, cut, reduce, reject)
8
lay aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, delay)
8
waive(verb, drop, reject, abandon, do)
6
pigeonhole(noun, verb, drop, reject, abandon)
6
procrastinate(verb, hold, keep, reject, halt)
6
put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, drop, reject)
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