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91 entries under delay topic. ×
| lag(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| lay on the table(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| lengthen(verb, extend, defer, suspend) | |
| linger(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| loiter(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| prevent(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| put a stop to(reject, halt, bar, swing) | |
| put an end to(expression, halt, bar, swing) | |
| put back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, extend) | |
| put on the back burner(expression, idiom, defer, postpone) | |
| put on the shelf(verb, expression, idiom, reject, halt) | |
| reject(verb, stop, drop, cut, dismiss) | |
| renounce(verb, stop, cut, reject, abandon) | |
| resign(verb, stop, cut, reject, abandon) | |
| rule out(expression, halt, bar, swing) | |
| slow(verb, extend, defer, suspend) | |
| tarry(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| withhold(verb, hold, keep, reject, dismiss) | |
| debar(halt, bar, swing, hang) | |
| dillydally(defer, postpone) |
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