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136 entries under defer topic. ×
| poke(delay, postpone) | |
| put forward(verb, expression, submit, postpone) | |
| reduce(decrease, abate, postpone, slacken) | |
| refuse(verb, reject, dismiss, delay, avoid) | |
| relax(stop, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| repeal(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| repel(verb, reject, dismiss, delay, refuse) | |
| rescind(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| respite(stop, reduce, decrease, abate) | |
| slack(stop, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| soften(stop, decrease, abate, postpone) | |
| take a rain check on(expression, idiom, delay) | |
| trail(delay, postpone) | |
| turn down(verb, expression, reject, dismiss, delay) | |
| ward off(verb, expression, hold, delay) | |
| weaken(reduce, decrease, abate, postpone) |
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