| start(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| step aside |
| step back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) |
| stick(verb, withdraw, follow, retreat, pause) |
| stickle(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge) |
| stop(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| straddle(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| stumble(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| stutter(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| subvert(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| swirl(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| switch(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| tack(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| tergiversate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| think about(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| think twice(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| transform(verb, move, change, push, return) |
| tremble(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| turn(verb, move, change, return, bear) |
| turn away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) |