4
bar(verb, stop, hold, keep, reject)
4
beat off(expression, hold, control, cut, check)
4
discourage(verb, stop, hold, check, keep)
4
hinder(verb, stop, check, remove, restrain)
4
hold off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut)
4
rebuff(verb, cut, check, separate, reject)
4
rebut(verb, cut, check, separate, reject)
4
repulse(verb, control, check, separate, reject)
4
stop(verb, check, separate, restrain, halt)
4
ward(verb, stop, remove, allow, avoid)
3
drive back(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
3
forbid(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain)
3
forfend(verb, stop, check, remove, reject)
3
hold at bay(expression, idiom, hold, control, check)
3
keep at bay(verb, expression, idiom, control, cut)
3
keep off(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
3
prohibit(verb, stop, check, reject, dismiss)
3
push back(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
3
put off(verb, expression, stop, check, keep)
3
save(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
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